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degrees behind the upright (see 



forearm twenty-two 

 Diagram 9). 



The completed backward cast lifts the line smoothly, but 

 with ever increasing velocity from the lawn, and draws it 

 after the top of the rod, and, when the muscular force 

 ceases, the rod, as it straightens itself, propels the line 

 on its backward course. 



After a pause of about one second, a forward, downward 



VERTICAL 



TC 



HORIZONTAL 



DIAGRAM 9. 



Showing the curvature of the rod during the rise and the backward 

 switch of the trout rod. 



and accelerating action of the thumb point, made with a 

 rigid wrist, forces the rod in a downward curve, this effort 

 stopping suddenly as the forearm arrives at the horizontal 

 position (see Diagram 12, Plate XIX.). As the rod 

 straightens, the line extends itself horizontally, the fly 

 being thus drawn towards its destination. 



