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rod firmly grasped, the extended thumb will do its duty 

 and prevent a most fatal error, that is, the rod going too 

 far back over your shoulder. (See Plates III. and IV.) 

 Now steadily raise your forearm and rod to an angle of 

 about 40 degrees (see Diagram i), and when the rod has 

 reached this angle, without stopping this upward move- 

 ment of the arm and rod, convert it into a smart backward 



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F 



DIAGRAM 1. SHOWING POSITIONS OF ROD IN BACK CAST. 



F A, position of rod, Plate II. 

 F B, position of rod, Plate I. B F C, angle of back cast. 



F C, position of rod as in Plates III. and IV. 

 F, the point of the elbow, the pivot of the stroke. 



switch, the rod passing in a vertical plane over the 

 shoulder, and coming to rest at an angle of 40 degrees 

 over the right shoulder. (See Diagram I.) If the elbow is 

 kept down, with the hand firmly clasped and the thumb 

 pressed firmly against the rod, it cannot go back beyond 

 this angle. Plates III., IV., and V. show clearly the 

 correct position of the rod and arm at the end of the 

 back overhead cast. If the line is switched as described it 



