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FLY FISHING AND SPINNING 



3. Keep the rod stationary at this angle until the line 



has extended itself behind you, and then 



4. Switch the rod downward to its normal position, 



and as the line comes forward 



5. Lower the point of the rod as 

 far as may be advisable until the fly 

 alights. 



Condensed into words it 

 is as follows: Raise (to R 3), 

 switch back (to R 4) and 

 Pause (at R 4). 



Switch down (HR 4 to R 2} 

 and lower. 



In these Diagrams 



S represents the shoulder. 

 H ,, hand. 



E elbow. 



R rod. 



It must be evident that the more nearly a horizontal 

 extension of the line is obtained, the more lightly will it fall 

 to the ground. 



