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enforced by the brain, it will be found that the splendid 

 energy of the muscles of the forearm are replaced by the 

 energy of the less effective ones which control the action 

 of the wrist, and both the accuracy and limit of the cast 

 will be affected. 



All the clients I have coached in Trout Fly Casting have 

 been taught to use the single-handed rod with the muscles 

 of the forearm as the power, the wrist being the inflexible 

 connection between the hand and the forearm, and with the 

 elbow as a pivot ; and if the delight expressed in hundreds 

 of unsolicited testimonials can be accepted as evidence, or 

 success in tournament casting can be regarded as an index 

 of the correct method of using the muscles in the act of 

 casting, then I think it must be evident that my method of 

 casting is the correct one. 



With regard to the attention which is so necessary in 

 order to acquire perfection, it is well to remember the words 

 of Shakespeare : 



" There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes 

 it so." Hamlet, Act II., Scene 2. 



