CASTING NET. 7 



water. To effect this with certainty requires 

 great art. I therefore recommend the beginner 

 to practise throwing on a grass plat. As regards 

 the above directions, you must not forget to keep 

 both your elbows elevated, and your hands as 

 near each other as you well can, to avoid every- 

 thing like a jerk or violence when you cast : in 

 fact, you must study to acquire an easy, graceful, 

 flowing spread in delivering the net, and your 

 object will be gained. 



The above plan, if rigidly followed, will not 

 only secure your success in becoming an adept in 

 throwing, but will also save you many a wet 

 skin, spare your clothes, and prevent cold, rheu- 

 matism, or ague. Were you attired in your best 

 clothes, you might on the above principle safely 

 catch your baits without wetting any part of them, 

 except at the extreme point of your elbow, and that 

 but slightly if your net be thoroughly wrung. No 

 part of the net should be allowed to touch your 

 clothes, except at the extreme point of your elbow, 

 as I have mentioned. Yet even this can be avoided 

 by the following method : Place the little ringer 

 of your left hand on the lead line, near to that part 

 you generally put on the tip of your elbow, and 

 do not put your net on your elbow at all, and prac- 

 tise throwing in this manner. If the net be a 



