CASTING FROM LEFT TO RIGHT 



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converted without the slightest pause into the forward 

 cast D E toward B, the elbow being lowered as the cast 

 is made. It will be seen, therefore, that the movement 

 of the point of the rod is really a spiral from A to D, 

 and is then continued as in the forward overhead cast. 

 The success of this cast will depend on the con- 



DIAGRAM 6. ROD ACTION IN CASTING FROM A ON THE 

 LEFT TOWARDS B. 



The line is not shown. H H, path of hand. 



tinuity of the rod action, the correct timing of the body 

 movement, the use of the wrist, and the easy upward 

 lift of the arm. As the body faces B, the rod should be 

 just arriving at H D, the position for the forward cast 

 (see Plate V.), and as it attains this position, it is 

 then brought forward along D E towards B. The 



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