SECRETS OF THE SALMON 



but I see it very little used. This cast is made by 

 drawing back the rod slowly, leaving the fly and 

 line in the water. The line is drawn back until 

 the line extending down from the tip of the rod 

 hangs below the line of the rod itself about a foot. 

 The rod is then driven forward throwing the tip 

 almost down to the water. The loop of the line 

 takes the energy from the rod and lifts the rest 

 of the line and leader from the water and shoots 

 it out. Very nice straight casts can be made in 

 this way and good distance obtained. It is no 

 great effort to switch cast sixty feet with a six- 

 ounce rod when there are trees or rocks back of 

 you; I have even made seventy or eighty feet under 

 good conditions. The expert can cast just as far 

 on a switch cast as he can on a straight forward 

 and back cast. I do not know what I would do 

 without this form of cast, I am sure I would never 

 reach many fish I now get with ease. A very 

 little practice along the line indicated will enable 

 any one to learn it. As far as I have observed all 

 the other casts are modifications and adaptations 

 of these two. 



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