14 PROPER POSITION IN CASTING. 



back, and your bust must not assume the slightest 

 forward or stooping position. You will find, 

 if you hold your rod properly, that the end of it 

 nearest to you, the part between your hand and 

 the spear or spike, will come in contact with the 

 under part of your fore-arm just as your line is ap- 

 proaching the water. This contact will prevent 

 the point of your rod following the line so low 

 as to cause a great part of the latter to roll on to 

 the water. Stand with your left foot a little for- 

 ward, and flat on the ground, with a firm pur- 

 chase ; the right foot a little behind, the toes turned 

 out, and the ball of the foot touching the ground 

 with a slight springy pressure. Your left upper 

 arm must hang loosely by your side; the fore 

 part curbed from the elbow joint, will bring your 

 left hand over and opposite to the outer ends of 

 the right lower ribs. Your position, the limbs, 

 &c., arranged in the above way, will be easy and 

 graceful, allowing free play to all the muscles 

 required to be brought into action. 



I deem you now sufficiently skilled by practice 

 to throw four or five yards of line well, and with 

 satisfactory ease. Double, then, the length of your 

 line out. The right arm motion must be no 

 longer limited to the wrist, fore-arm, and elbow 

 joint, but must extend to the upper and shoulder 

 joint. The os humeri and deltoid muscle must 

 be called into requisition with fine free vigour, 



