ALTERING DIRECTION OF CAST 



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as it rests on the water. It should then, by the con- 

 tinuous circular movement of the wrist, be swung round 

 to the right in a backward and upward sweep, until 

 the rod attains a position, as at H D, about 30 degrees 

 behind the shoulder, the arm being brought back and 

 round over the right shoulder, with the thumb down 



DIAGRAM 5. ROD ACTION IN CASTING FROM A ON THE 

 RIGHT TOWARDS B. 



The line is not shown. The path of the hand is 

 shown from H to H. 



and the palm towards the head, this upward movement 

 then being merged into the forward cast D E towards B. 

 The line, which has been extended towards A, will first 

 fly outward away from B, following the point of the 

 rod backward as this sweep is made, and then, as the 

 rod is raised upward behind the body, it will more or 



