CHAPTER I 



BAIT CASTING AS A MEANS OF CATCHING 

 FISH 



THE sun is rising and with it a breeze that 

 drives the early morning mist away and gently 

 ruffles the surface of the river. 



On the shore, a still fisherman has just thrown out 

 his line and he sprawls comfortably on the grassy 

 bank, his freshly lighted pipe throwing out fragrant 

 clouds of smoke. 



Around the nearby bend comes a lone fisherman, 

 wading the stream. He is dressed in waders and shoot- 

 ing jacket and carries a short casting rod. Now he 

 stops and with skilful hand casts his lure a spinner, 

 red fly and strip of pork rind into a likely-looking 

 spot near the shore. Three casts he makes but with 

 no results, so he goes on his way. Occasionally 

 he stops where his practiced eye tells him there should 

 be a fish, makes a few casts and then hurries along 

 to another place. 



Out in the stream near the still fisherman a rock 

 juts its nose above the surface and approaching to 

 within sixty feet of it the caster's rod goes back over 

 his shoulder, then is whipped smartly but easily for- 



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