330 FLY FISHING AND SPINNING 



THE SAME CAST FROM RIGHT TO LEFT 



We will now assume that the fisherman wishes to cast from 

 the right towards the left hand. The rod is brought back 

 in this cast to the right of the right shoulder, and to a similar 

 backward angle, the body being turned as this is done, and 

 the downward switch made as before. Plate XLVII. shows 

 the loop as this cast is made. Either of these casts are 

 (as explained on page 195) excellent substitutes for the 

 " Spey Throw " and they can both be made with equal 

 ease when the left hand is uppermost. 



THE SWITCH CAST 



In the Switch cast it must be assumed that the fisherman 

 is standing under a bridge, or under a tree, etc., that he 

 cannot raise his rod to a greater angle than forty or fifty 

 degrees above the horizon, and that he cannot extend his 

 line to any distance upstream. He will therefore have to 

 adopt a method of making his cast which bears a similar 

 relationship to the Loop Cast that the Side Cast bears to 

 the Overhead Cast. 



We will suppose that the line and fly are extended down 

 stream, and that the fisherman wishes to make a fresh cast 

 somewhere in the same direction. His rod is first lifted in 

 order to get the line well on the top of the water. It is then 

 drawn back sideways through the same angle as that made 

 by the rod in the side cast, continued upwards as far as 

 circumstances will permit, and switched forward in the 

 direction in which he wishes his fly to go. The first part, 

 as is the case with the Loop and the Spey, must be made in 

 one continuous action, and it is not until the forward and 

 slightly downward portion of the motion has to be made that 

 the switching impulse has to be given to the rod. 



In every cast with the double handed rod it must not be 

 forgotten that the dominant force in the backward and lifting 



