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must be receiving the full force of the forward effort. 

 The effect of this impulse will cause the line to curl 

 forward either on or over the water in a more or less 

 continuous loop, and the distance at which this loop 

 can be forced to pick up the line will depend on the 

 strength and ability of the thrower, the weight of the 

 rod and line, the action of the rod, the perfection of 

 the forward motion, and the relative manner in which 

 the end portion of the line and cast is resting on the 

 water. It will depend on the position of the rod at 

 the moment the forward impulse terminates as to how 

 much of the line will loop forward in the air or on 

 the water. On the Spey, fishermen prefer to allow 

 the most, if not the whole, of their line to drop 

 on the water before the fly alights. This forward and 

 downward tendency of the belly of the line is caused 

 by the forward impulse of the rod being carried down 

 towards the water. 



There are certain places in most of the salmon rivers 

 where the Spey cast, or a variation thereof, is an easy 

 means of surmounting the difficulties with which the 

 fisherman is confronted. 



THE AUTHOR'S VARIATION OF THE WYE CAST 



The following cast, which I have found extremely 

 useful when wading in shallow water, etc., and by 

 which the backward extension of the line can be regu- 

 lated, comes under the head of curved casts, as will 

 be seen by a reference to Diagram 15. This diagram 



