METHODS OF CASTING A SALMON FLY 321 



towards the hip, its power being derived from the left 

 shoulder as the body turns on the ankles to its former 

 position. The right hand in this movement is the secondary 

 power, which guides and forces the rod down and acts as a 

 moving fulcrum. 



As the body turns or twists to its former position, it thus 

 supplies the power through the shoulders, arms and hands 

 to the forward cast. 



As the rod moves forward and downward, its point bends 

 backward toward the fisherman (see Plate XLIL), and 

 straightens itself after it is checked. 



In mentally considering these instructions it will be well 

 to concentrate the attention on the right forefinger and the 

 left thumb in the backward action, and on the left forefinger 

 and the right hand thumb in the forward and downward 

 action. 



The forward and downward action of the forward cast 

 should be checked when the rod has reached an angle of 

 about thirty degrees to the horizon, and the rod is then 

 lowered by bringing the left hand back to its original 

 position (see Plate XXXVIII.). 



I think, until the correct backward and forward motion 

 of the rod has become a matter of habit, a great assistance, 

 in order to obtain the correct action, is to think of my 

 suggestion made under the head of " Trout Fly Casting," as 

 to there being a portion of clay pressed on to the tip of the 

 rod, which has to be switched off the rod in a horizontal 

 direction. If the correct rod movement is made, a clay ball 

 fixed to the top of the rod would be flicked off either back- 

 ward or forward, and it is by exactly similar movements of 

 the rod that a perfect backward and forward extension of 

 the line should be obtained. 



The greater the force of the wind against the fisherman 

 the lower the downward impulse of the rod. 



22 



