338 FLY FISHING AND SPINNING 



comes immediately behind you convert this movement into 

 the forward switch in the direction of the rock (see 

 Diagram 22). 



The line following the path your rod has taken 

 will confine itself to a more or less extended curve, 

 and will, if the stroke is done properly, have avoided the 

 dangerous face of the cliffs behind you. When the cast has 

 been properly made, you will be rewarded by seeing your 

 fly falling lightly on the far side of the rock, and may be, 

 as I have seen, a fish plunging upward, and then downward, 

 with your fly in his mouth. You will feel the ecstatic and 

 electric thrill as the first strain of the salmon comes on your 

 line, and thank Providence that your fly has not been 

 snapped in half by the rocks behind you. 



The Suir River cast described above would be a useful 

 one in this case. 



