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I could not accomplish this cast from a bank, as in making a 

 cast in the ordinary position the line would invariably come in 

 contact with the bank, and the result was very often the loss of 

 my fly and casting line (see fig. 7). I, however, found out 

 afterwards, that if instead of standing in the ordinary position 



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FIG. 7. 



F E. river bank ; A, where angler stands holding rod, fishing right-handed, in ordinary 

 position for casting facing stream ; A H u c, po.-ition of rod, line, and fly before making 

 forward cast : i>, where fly or line comes in contact with bank ; AG H, position of rod, 

 line, and fly when cast is made. 



facing the stream, I made say, in military parlance, a right or 

 left about three-quarter face, down stream when making my 

 cast, almost with my back to the stream (see fig. 8), I could 

 keep the fly clear of the bank, and get out as long a line as I 



