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of the fly, and walking alongshore, say fifty 

 feet, release it at the word, when you begin to 

 retrieve. If the back cast is given plenty of 

 time, the line will go forward with enough 

 force to pull ten or more feet of line through 

 the guides, and shoot the fly considerably 

 farther than you had before been able to cast 

 it. From this you will also understand that it 

 is the resistance of the water on the line in 

 retrieving that brings out the full spring of 

 the rod. As a result the line is thrown high 

 up behind you in a loop just the reverse of that 

 shown in Fig. 24. The common error is to 

 carry the rod too far back (Fig. 25), the line 



Fig. 25.- Back Cast in Which the Line Strikes the Water 

 Behind. 



touching or lying out on the water behind you, 

 making " sloppy work " of the next forward 

 cast. 



Carrying the rod too far back is generally 

 followed by starting the forward cast too soon. 

 The line is not given time to straighten behind. 

 When the forward cast is started with the 



