34 DRYING THE FLY 



movement of the rod from C to D is made by the arm 

 and wrist action, pivoting from the elbow. 



The student will find that his fly will eventually 

 alight and remain poised on the water in the most 

 natural manner near the mark at which he aims. The 

 more carefully he carries out these hints the greater 

 will become his accuracy and lightness of casting. 

 After every three or four casts he should dry his 

 line and fly by switching them backwards and forwards 

 in the air, always when doing so allowing the line to 

 extend itself before the reverse stroke is made. 



THE LOOP CAST FOR THE TROUT ROD 



The loop cast of the trout rod is made when danger 

 exists both behind and to either side of the fisherman, 

 and, as a consequence, when the line cannot be sent 

 either backward or to either side, and only the vertical 

 position of the rod can be effected. The rod is raised 

 steadily upward to a nearly vertical position, but 

 inclining slightly to the right or left side of the fisher- 

 man. The line will be drawn back along the water by 

 this movement, and a slight loop, as in Plate XXXIII., 

 will be made to the right or left side, but well clear of 

 the shoulder. As the rod arrives at this nearly vertical 

 position, its movement is altered by raising the elbow, 

 and then making the forward and downward switch 

 from the elbow, which is dropped and brought slightly 

 back at the moment this forward switch of the rod is 

 checked ; a forward and downward curl will thus be 



