THE WIND CAST 25 



be inclined more upward. The wind will flatten the 

 line down to the horizontal quickly enough. When, 

 however, the wind is a serious factor the wind cast 

 should be adopted. 



In making this cast it must be remembered that the 

 force of the wind against which the fisherman has to 

 contend will, in most cases, be greater the higher his 

 line is above the ground. In casting against the 

 wind, therefore, he should complete his back stroke as 

 in the overhead cast, thus taking advantage of the 

 wind, and at the finish of this stroke, instead of pausing, 

 he should bring the rod down sideways until it is some 

 45 degrees above the right-hand horizon, and still 

 pointing slightly behind, which is the position of the 

 rod at the end of the back stroke in the side cast, as 

 described above (see F C in Diagram 1), when used 

 horizontally. By the time this is done the line will 

 have extended itself behind in the same plane as the 

 rod, and he should then make the forward cast side- 

 ways, extending his arm as he does so to its full length, 

 and giving his wrist a sharp outward and downward 

 twist at the end of the forward movement, finishing 

 his stroke with the top of the rod pointing towards the 

 spot at which he wishes his fly to alight. This twist 

 of the rod will bring his thumb to the right and his reel 

 to the left side of his rod, reel and thumb, with the palm 

 up, being in the same horizontal plane (see Plate IX.). 

 This twist is somewhat similar to the screw used by a 

 right-hand bowler when breaking a ball from the off ; 

 it forces the fly against the wind, and at the same time 



