36 THE SIDE LOOP CAST 



latter portion of the cast, however, requires some 

 practice before the correct forward loop of the line 

 is created by the vertical circular and forward move- 

 ment of the point of the rod, and before it can be made 

 to travel forward over the water in a similar manner 

 to the overhead loop cast explained above. Neither 

 the line nor the fly is permitted to come behind the 

 fisherman in this cast. 



The student, having mastered these preliminaries, 

 should be competent to begin fly fishing for trout, 

 and as he may have no friend at hand to answer his 

 questions, to show him where to throw his fly, what 

 sort of fly to use, or to tell him the nature and habits 

 of the speckled beauties he is so anxious to secure, 

 I must lead him still further afield in the study of this 

 delightful and engrossing pursuit, and show him not 

 only where to cast his fly, but how to determine what 

 fly he should use, where the fish are to be most readily 

 found, and how to catch them. 



