line, makes the cast more difficult, and is apt to 

 break the tip as you lift the line from the water. 

 Remember also to stop the rod when the right arm 

 is nearly perpendicular; for should you cultivate 

 the habit of the "strong man," and throw the rod 

 well back, Bill might become uneasy again. Be- 

 sides, the lowering of the tip pulls the line down, 

 and causes the fly to hit the water. Do not bend 

 the body forward, but stand erect, and make the 

 cast simply with the arms. It is not a graceful 

 sight to see a person bending over and poking 

 nut his rod, with the idea that it is helping him 

 to make a longer cast I cannot understand why 

 it is done, unless one thinks more power is given ; 

 on the contrary, the speed of the fly is loaeenad. 

 Bending in such a manner is imitating the gyra- 

 tions of a sandpiper; it makes the boat wabble: 

 and this, as I haye already stated, is a grave fault. 

 The canoemen also dislike it, for they are expect- 

 ing at any moment to be plunged into the cold 

 river. 



When casting a long line hold the rt*l v.-ry hi-rli, 

 and stop it suddenly when it comes to the per- 

 pendicular. This sudden check bends the rod, 

 causing the line to be sent quickly backward. 

 By the same motion of the rod as in the backward 

 cast, the long line is thrown prettily forward. 

 When you have had lots of practice, aud have con- 

 quered this easy, yet seemingly difficult, manner 



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