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The Art of Casting 



T will not now come amiss to 

 summarize what our own ex- 

 perience has emphasized as con- 

 stituting the most vital points 

 of finished work in the utiliza- 

 tion of the rod for one of the 

 chief functions for which it was 

 created the casting of the line 

 and placing of the lure; the 

 other function being the hook- 

 ing and playing of the quarry. In fact, fishing 

 does not really begin until the cast has been 

 made; but certainly it will not begin at all if 

 the cast be not made; and just as certainly 

 the better the casting the more will there be of 

 the fishing. We will, then, consider here only 

 the principal points, as the subject has been 

 treated very elaborately and authoritatively by 

 other writers. 2 



2The author highly regards the following as being among the best and 

 most practical books covering the general subject of angling: Familiar 

 Fish, their Habits and Capture, by Eugene McCarthy; The Book of Fish 

 and Fishing, by Louis Rhead; The Fine Art of Fishing and Fishing Kits 

 and Equipment, both by Samuel G. Camp; Practical Dry-Fly Fishing, by 

 Emlyn M. Gill; the Book of the Black Bass and Favorite Fish and Fishing, 

 both by Dr. James A. Henshall; Fly-Rods and Fly- Tackle, by Henry P. 

 Wells; Favorite Flies and their Histories, by Mary Orvis Marbury; Malcolm 



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