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indicates the movement of the rod in the beginning. The 

 line must, with the full strength of the arm, be propelled 

 up overhead and then brought down and forward, right in 

 the teeth of the wind, till the rod's point almost touches 



Fig. 10. THE "UNDERHAND" CAST. 



the water, without pause. The full strength of the rod 

 is exerted by this cast, and the success of it is greatly as- 

 sisted by the use of one of the " Acme " lines referred to 

 a few pages back. 



The ( ' underhand cast " is made from right to left, as 

 shown in Figure 10, or vice versa. This is probably 

 the easiest of all the casts the rod doing nearly all the 

 work. 



The " flip casts " are extremely useful when one is " ne- 

 gotiating" water under trees, and, indeed, the line is, in 



Fig. 11. THE "FLIP" CAST. 



some cases, impossible of extension in any other way. 

 The cuts (figs. 11, 12 and 13) explain themselves. The 

 hook is taken in the hand between thumb and forefinger 

 (and be careful not to hook yourself ! ), and the rod then 

 bowed so that on your releasing the bait it flies to the 

 spot it is desired to reach. In Figure 11, a represents 



