CHAPTER XII 



Fine and Far-Off Casting and the 

 Value of Close Fishing when 

 Throwing a Fly Up-Stream 



IT was Charles Cotton, I think, who 

 first advised "fine and far-off" 

 casting. 



A fine and far-off cast is a good thing 

 to use occasionally; and it is always 

 of great value to anglers to possess the 

 ability to make a long cast when neces- 

 sary. Fishermen who have never stood 

 upon a platform in a tournament are 

 rather prone, at times, to belittle the 

 attainments of a tournament caster, 

 and to say emphatically that "tourna- 

 ment casting is not angling." That is 

 right; it is not, but it is a legitimate 

 and valuable part of the angling game, 



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