190 FLY FISHING AND SPINNING 



The rod is steadily raised upward and backward to an 

 angle of about twenty-two degrees behind the vertical 

 position of the fisherman, but inclining slightly to his right 

 or left hand side. The line by this movement will be 

 drawn back along the water, and a slight backward curve, 

 as in Plate XLV,, will be made to the right or left hand side, 

 but well clear of the angler's shoulder. As the rod arrives 

 at this position its movement is altered into an upward, 

 forward and downward switch. The line, which has been 

 drawn after the top of the rod in this continuous 

 movement, will be held at the finish of the downward 

 switch by the rod point, and will curl over it and thus 

 extend itself over the water in the direction in which the 

 downward switch is made. 



In this Plate the fly, which has been raised from the 

 water, is being returned to the same spot from which it was 

 taken, but in Plates XXIV., XLVL and XLVII. the line 

 and fly have been raised from a position to the right or left 

 hand of the fisherman, and are being returned as shown 

 in these Plates in a new plane to a new spot. This move- 

 ment is effected by first raising the rod as described above 

 to a position about twenty-two degrees behind the shoulder, 

 and as the motion of the rod is being continued the body 

 and feet are turned towards the spot at which the fly has to 

 alight, and the forward and downward action of the rod is 

 completed as before, but is now made in the new plane, 

 as shown on the plates above mentioned. 



Like most of the curved casts it is extremely simple, and 

 any difficulty there may be lies in the fact that the beginner 

 will be nearly certain to make two distinct actions a 

 backward and a forward one as in his straight overhead 

 casts, forgetting that both of these are merged into a con- 

 tinuous motion. The backward movement of the rod should 

 be neither a jerk nor a switch, but a very steady pulling 



