362 FLY FISHING AND SPINNING 



when actually spinning, and therefore a practical method 

 by which the accurate casting of a spinning lure can be 

 accomplished will be found useful. 



DETERMINING THE MOMENT FOR FREE ROTATION 



Presuming that the fisherman's method of swinging his 

 spinning rod be perfect, he has only to determine correctly 

 the moment at which he has to permit his lure to leave the 

 controlling influences of his pawl mechanism, i.e., the exact 

 angle during the radial swing of his rod at which the check 

 on the drum of his reel has to be withdrawn in order to 

 insure the accuracy of his casting. 



If, then, a trial cast be made when spinning a lure with a 

 certain length and make of rod, a certain frictional resistance 

 to the rotatory action of the drum of the reel, a certain 

 weight of lure, and to a certain distance, and the lure 

 arrives at its destination, it will be evidence that the drum 

 has been released at the right moment, and that so long as 

 the same rod, line, reel, and lure be used, and a similar 

 force be applied by the fisherman, this particular angle of 

 release which has effected the correct course of the lure will 

 also have to remain constant. 



If, however, in a right hand cast, that is when the cast 

 is made by swinging the rod from right to left, the lure has 

 fallen to the left of the mark aimed at, it will be evident that 

 the drum has been given its freedom too late. If, on the 

 contrary, the lure has fallen to the right hand of the mark 

 aimed at, it will be evident that the drum has been released 

 too soon, and with the information thus gained it only needs 

 one or two carefully calculated casts to determine the 

 exact angle during the swing of the rod at which the 

 drum has to be released in order to obtain the accuracy 

 necessary in casting the lure with the rod from this spinning 

 reel. 



