EQUIPMENT 87 



the winter in the way of fly-casting, but with 

 bait-'casting the case is different. In places 

 where there is no water for summer practice, 

 there will be found suitable ground for practice 

 on the snow, and there many an otherwise dull 

 afternoon may be pleasantly passed, with the 

 bait or surf rod. The necessary equipment for 

 this is simple. Determine on the place to stand 

 in casting, which shauld be level with or slightly 

 above the surface of the snow, as a low box or a 

 couple of boards. Then with a tape measure 

 off 100 feet, and drive a stake into the ground; 

 to this attach the end of the tape, which, when 

 stretched out another 100 feet, will furnish an 

 accurate measure for all of your casts. 



If two or more persons practice together, 

 one may stand beyond the 100 foot mark while 

 the others cast, and score for them, but if one 

 casts alone, pieces of board or paper placed at 

 125, 150, 175, and 200 feet, will serve as 

 marks by which he may determine his average 

 distance casting if he does not care, while 

 reeling in, to walk up to the place where the 

 weight falls each time, and mark the exact dis- 

 tance. 



The lawn is also a fair place to practice, but 

 casting on the snow is almost like practice on 

 the water, and in it the line becomes more or 



