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Frontispiece A MORNING'S CATCH ON THE ITCHEN. 



(From the Painting by the late T. G. Targett.) 



I. CORRECT POSITION FOR MAKING BACK CAST .... 5 



II. READY TO STRIKE OR TO MAKE BACK CAST .... 6 



HA. A 4 LB. TEST TROUT, CAUGHT BY THE AUTHOR, JUNE 2ND, 1903 6 



III. END OF BACK CAST: THE LINE is SEEN CURLING BACK . . 8 



IV. LINE GOING STILL FURTHER BACK 8 



V. COMMENCING FORWARD CAST 10 



VI. END OF FORWARD CAST: LINE BEGINNING TO CURL FORWARD . 12 



VII. LINE ALIGHTING ON WATER: THE LEFT HAND SHOWING FEEDING 



LINE 12 



VIII. LEFT HAND ASSISTING BACK CAST 14 



IX. THE STEEPLE CAST 16 



X. THE AUTHOR'S METHOD OF CASTING A LINE AGAINST THE WIND 18 



XI. PREPARING TO LAND A 4 LB. TROUT ON A HOT DAY ON THE TEST 42 



XII. DON'T LOWER THE POINT OF ROD, BUT USE VERY DELICATE 



WRIST ACTION 52 



XIII. LOWER POINT OF ROD 52 



XIV. THE FISHING OF THE LLANGAMMARCH WELLS LAKE HOTEL ON 



THE ERFON, BRECONSHIRE 58 



