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FLY FISHING AND SPINNING 



The greater the retarding forces of inertia, the resistance 

 of the air, etc., the sooner in the radial swing of the rod must 

 the drum be permitted to revolve freely. 



DIAGRAM 25. 



Showing the direction taken by a lure when liberated at T. When 

 this is subjected to centripetal influence its course curves towards D. 



When using an ordinary spinning reel the drum is permitted 

 its freedom when the rod point has arrived at some such 

 angle as C T, and as the lure is circling round in the 

 concentric circle. Its centripetal or retarding forces have 

 therefore to so alter the direction of the lure from the 

 line of its tangential impulse AA as to curve it inward to 

 its objective point at D. See Diagram 25. 



We must now consider the method of using the rod when 

 casting the lure from a spinning reel. 



THE RIGHT SIDE CAST WITH THE DOUBLE-HANDED 



SPINNING ROD 



The Spinning Rod should be held in a similar manner to 

 the double-handed fly rod, the right hand being above the 

 reel, and the left hand below it, but the left hand should be 



