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VARIATION OF THE WYE CAST 



has been divided into four sections, in order to more 

 fully demonstrate the action of the rod (see Diagrams 

 16, 17, 18, 19). The motion of the rod in this method 

 of casting may be described as an underhand circular 

 cast, made in one continuous swing. This style of 

 casting, which I think will be found efficacious and 

 easily acquired, is based on the elements of lessons given 



DIAGRAM 15. 

 a b c d e show the motion of the upper hand. 



to me on the Monmouthshire Wye thirty-six years ago, 

 by the late Edwin Ballenger. 



The rod in the first place rises upward, more or less 

 in front of the fisherman, to an angle of about 70 degrees 

 above the horizon (see A B, Diagrams 15 and 16) ; it is 

 then brought down sideways (see B C, Diagrams 15 and 

 17), and backward, in a right or left hand swing, the rod 

 point following the dotted line, as shown in diagram, 

 being continued upward more or less behind the fisher- 

 man (see C D, Diagrams 15 and 18) to an angle of about 



