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THE SCIENCE OF DRY FLY FISHING. 



dropping of the point of the rod at the end of the switch 

 towards the right hand horizon, the line has followed the 

 point of the rod, curved to the side, and has entered a more 



DIAGRAM 5. (IN PLAN.) 

 The spectator in this diagram is supposed to be looking directly down at the fisherman. 



B, the pivot of rod, i.e., the elbow of fisherman. 

 A R, the vertical plane of back motion of rod. 



C, original position of fly. 



D, desired position of fly. 



C A B R K, plane of back cast. 



R r r r E, movement of point of rod as body swings facing towards D. 



r b, r b, r b, line curving in sympathy with rod. 



E b, final position of line as the fisherman makes his forward cast. 



E F, vertical plane of forward cast towards D. 



horizontal plane, and in the forward cast (see Plate VI.) 

 has been returned to its original position in spite of the 

 force of the wind. Had, however, the position of the body 

 been altered as the rod was lowered to the side, then the 

 fly would have fallen in some relatively new direction. The 



