328 FLY FISHING AND SPINNING 



rod. I shall however again go over the casts as they 

 should be made with the double handed rod. 



If the position in which the fisherman stands with regard 

 to natural or artificial dangers does not permit the extension 

 of his line in a backward direction either in the overhead or 

 the side casts he may still be able to extend it in front of him 

 by making the Loop, the Switch or the Spey cast. 



THE LOOP CAST MADE IN ONE PLANE 



The cast which is known as the Loop cast is one in which 

 a complete loop should be made with the line, and although 

 the point of the rod does not describe so complete a circle 

 as that taken by the line yet its whole movement is of a 

 circular nature, which is directly responsible for this result. 



The Loop cast may be considered as the parent cast of the 

 Switch and the Spey casts. 



We will assume that the fisherman is standing in such a 

 position when he is fishing that he must bring the rod back 

 more or less in a vertical plane, that his line and fly lie 

 extended in front of him on the water and that he wishes to 

 return them in the same plane, but that he cannot extend the 

 line and fly more than a few feet behind him. The Loop 

 cast should then be made as follows : 



The rod, when it is held with the right hand uppermost, 

 is raised and brought back steadily until it is inclined at an 

 angle of about twenty-two degrees behind and to the right of 

 the shoulder. The line, following this movement, will be thus 

 brought more or less to the surface and from there will run up 

 to the rod point in a slight curve. (See Plate XLV.). This move- 

 ment is then turned into a forward and downward switch. 



In this Plate it will be noticed that the forward movement 

 has commenced. The downward switch is made precisely 

 as is the downward switch in the overhead cast, the action 

 being finished well down. 



