CASTING 213 



made in one or more planes, and invariably connected 

 with some curved motion of the rod. 



The first method is easily described and drawn, as 

 the casts are invariably made in one plane. The great 

 difficulty, however, of drawing diagrams relating to 

 any curved casts is that these casts have to be made 

 in one or more planes, which are connected by curves, 

 while the artist has only one plane on which to show 

 these various movements, and for that reason the 

 latter are diagrammatically somewhat more difficult 

 to explain. The casts which may be grouped under 

 the straight variations include the overhead cast, with 

 extended back movement of the line, the side cast, 

 the Galway cast, and the wind cast. 



The casts which may be grouped under the straight 

 and curved are the overhead cast, as made in the 

 method described in the pages immediately following, 

 and all the varieties of the loop cast (see Plate 

 XXXIV.), a common form of which is known as the 

 " Spey " ; any alteration of a cast from one quarter 

 to another in a single continuous movement ; and any 

 cast in which a danger has to be avoided within the 

 radius of the backward straight cast. 



