DIFFERENT METHODS OF CASTING 



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line has to meet, will have less chance of affecting the forward 

 extension of the line ere the fly reaches its destination. 



The fly will have been brought to a point just above its 

 destination on the water, on which it will drop with less 

 danger of its being blown back, than there would be if its 

 ongoing motion ceased when it was some two or three feet 

 above the surface. 



In other words, the less the curvature of the line as it 

 unrolls itself forward, the less will it be checked by the 

 frictional resistance of the air. 



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HORIZONTAL 



DIAGRAM 14 



H R T Rod checked at this angle in downward action leads to 

 CL Small curvature made by advancing line. 



The difference in the advancing curvature of the line in 

 the forward cast when the rod is checked at two different 

 points in its downward course, is shown in Diagrams 14 and 

 15, and the reader will at once appreciate the very much 

 smaller surface which the line in Diagram 14 presents to the 

 wind when the rod action is finished well down. 



THE WYE CAST 



We must now consider the best method of placing the fly 

 in any spot other than that from which it has to be lifted. 



