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vertically in order to bring the line well to the surface of 

 the water (see Diagram 18), at the same time also 

 turning in the direction to which he wishes to cast his fly. 

 He should then lower his rod towards the water again, and, 

 without pausing, bring it up-stream with a steady motion, 

 finishing this movement at an angle of twenty-two degrees 

 to his right, as in the side cast (see Diagram 19). The 

 line in this movement is not switched from the water, 

 but is drawn along its surface, and at the conclusion of the 

 side movement the rod is brought round and up in spiral 

 curve as shown in Diagram 20, and is then switched 



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DIAGRAM 20. 



The backward and 



upward swing 



DIAGRAM 21. 

 The forward and downward switch 



of the rod. 

 THE SPEY THROW. 



forward in the direction in which he wishes his fly to fall 

 (see Diagram 21), taking care in the downward action 

 that his rod does not come into collision with the line as 

 it rises from the water. 



If he be fishing with a considerable length of line out, 

 instead of swinging his rod with a steady motion up-stream, 

 sufficient switch should be given to this action to lift the line 

 and fly from the water and to deposit them more or less on 

 the surface of the water above the plane in which he is 



