16 HANDBOOK OF ANGLING. 



you may begin to throw from left to right, with 

 a backward twist or sweep of the wrist and arm. 

 Hitherto you have been throwing from right to 

 left, and that is the proper and most common way. 

 But circumstances will arise, caused by the direction 

 of the wind, your position with regard to the water 

 and obstructions on and in it, in the shape of trees, 

 roots, rocks, &c., that will force you to cast from 

 left to right, and sometimes underhand, as it were. 



I shall say nothing of throwing with the left 

 hand, because you will be able to do so, when 

 you shall have learned to throw overhand and 

 underhand with the right arm. 



You have begun throwing by moving the point 

 of your rod from left to right over your right 

 shoulder, bringing it parallel with the right side 

 of your head, and you have then been taught to 

 cast straightforwards, or rather from right to left. 

 If you have learned to do all this well, have 'no 

 fear ; you must succeed in fly-fishing. But to be 

 still more au fait in throwing the line, take the 

 end of it in your left hand, and bringing the point 

 of the rod to that side, move your wrist and fore- 

 arm backwards to the right, turning the hand up, 

 so that the finger-nails will point to you. Let go 

 the line, and its point will pass first to the left of 

 you, and then turn over and fall on the water on 

 your right side. Although you will not be able 

 to throw in this way so long a line, as over- 



