176 FLY FISHING AND SPINNING 



co-ordinating them in a sequence which will result in 

 casting a fly properly. 



I have by analysis dissected the mental and physical 

 processes which result in a perfect method of casting, and 

 have stripped every unnecessary item from the sequence of 

 thought which is absolutely required. 



The mental process of the student should therefore follow 

 the outline which I have thus presented to his notice, which 

 consists of three movements of the hand the upward, the 



B 



DIAGRAM 13. 



Showing the three movements of 



the hand in making the overhead 



cast. 



AB Raise. 

 BC Back. 

 CA Down. 



backward, and the downward or to make the matter still 

 more plain, an action of the hand which follows the 

 perpendicular, the base and the hypothenuse of an inverted 

 right-angled spherical triangle. This mental process should 

 be adhered to until it is made into a habit, and the 

 skeleton work should not be reclothed by the thoughts and 

 ideas of the beginner when practising. 



Diagram 13, illustrates not only the three movements 

 of the hand in making the overhead or side casts with the 



