dry angler has but one fly. The preliminary dry cast is 

 performed by holding the rod upright, the right hand is 

 moved slowly back and forth while the left hand continually 

 draws more line from the reel and the fly is kept in the air 

 till sufficient line is out for the fly to reach the desired place 

 you wish to have it drop on the surface, which is usually a 

 few feet above the rising trout, when a slight check to the 

 line should be made. After a little practice you can keep 

 a fly in the air indefinitely with twenty to forty feet of line 

 out. You can move from one place to another with a gentle 

 motion of rod top making the fly sail through the air. The 

 rod movement must be slow and the tip descent for the fly 

 to alight slower still. The tip must be made to point 

 exactly to a couple of feet above the desired spot and careful 

 calculations made as to the distance which after some prac- 

 tice becomes remarkably correct, even to a few inches. 

 Accuracy is the most important, that is, to place the fly per- 

 fectly, so that it floats exactly over the fish, a difficult feat 

 that only comes by considerable practice. Safer casting is 

 more possible if you are wading, without back impediments. 

 Naturally, the fly goes as far back as it does in front, so 

 that must always be carefully considered. 



CASTING UP STREAM AND ACROSS 



In deep swift rivers, where it is impossible to wade 

 against the heavy flow, or deep water prevents wading in 

 the stream, you should cautiously approach the tail of a 

 rising trout, which always lies with head up stream. Cast 

 up and across for the fly to float down till you see it begins 

 to sink. Gather in surplus line to enable you to lift the fly 

 clear off the surface back in the air, then, with a waving 

 motion back and forth several times to dry the fly, cast 

 again. Or, if you prefer, make a few steps forward to 

 cast. You will cast more accurately, cock the fly better, and 

 keep it dry by making short casts of twenty or thirty feet. 

 A long cast across heavy currents, is sure to cause the fly 

 to sink. 



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