222 RIGHT-HAND CAST TO THE LEFT 



movement of the rod, which is similar to that made 

 by the trout rod (see p. 53), should be continued as 

 the body turns, the rod rising upward behind the fisher- 

 man to an angle of about 30 degrees from the perpen- 

 dicular (see Diagram 14, Fig. D), when the forward cast 

 should be made in the ordinary way. The two points 

 to be specially noticed in making this cast are first, 

 that the whole movement of the rod must be a con- 

 tinuous one, and, secondly, that the body movement 

 must be made in sufficient time to ensure that when 

 the rod reaches the position shown in Plate XXXI. 

 the forward cast can then be immediately made. 



TO MAKE THE RlGHT-HAND CAST TO THE LEFT 



To make the right-hand cast (see Diagram 6) the 

 rod, right hand up, should be brought back to the 

 right, and as this movement is being made, the body 

 should swing round to the left to face the direction in 

 which the fly has to be cast. The circular side sweep 

 of the rod should be continued as before in a gradually 

 ascending spiral until the rod is pointing immediately 

 behind the fisherman, in a similar position to 

 Plate XXXI. The forward cast is then made. The 

 line in both these casts will follow the point of the 

 rod in its side movement, and as the rod is raised 

 upward the line will curl out towards the opposite 

 quarter to that at which the fly has to alight. 



The fly can be picked up and returned to the same 

 spot by a similar stroke, when the ordinary back 



