CHAPTER IX 



The right-hand overhead cast The left-hand overhead cast 

 Shooting the line Casting a salmon fly when wading from 

 the bank Changing the direction of the cast The left-hand 

 cast to the right The right-hand cast to the left The Galway 

 cast The right-hand side-cast The left-hand side-cast 

 Curved casts The loop cast The Spey throw The author's 

 variation of the Wye cast The use of a variation of the Wye 

 cast Diagrammatic illustration of this cast A 50-pound 

 salmon A few additional maxims for fishermen. 



THE RIGHT-HAND OVERHEAD CAST TWO- 

 HANDED ROD 



WE will assume that the student is practising either 

 on a lawn or over water, and that his object is to learn 

 how to cast his fly towards any definite mark. In 

 order to make the backward cast, the first position of 

 the body should be as shown in Plate XXVIII. 

 The right foot should point towards the object, the 

 weight of the body being evenly distributed between 

 the two feet, the right shoulder advanced, and the 

 reel being about midway between the two hands. 

 In the preliminary practice the upper hand should, 

 when holding the rod, enclose the line above the reel, 

 the thumbs should be extended along the rod, and the 



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