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and the impetus of the line will carry out the two or three 

 yards taken off the reel. 



The spey throw is used for a similar purpose. If you 

 are fishing a large river or lake with a strong wind behind 

 you, when the line is extended to its utmost limit by the 

 ordinary cast, whisk the fly off the water by an upward and 

 backward movement of the hand ; but deliver it forward again, 

 just as the last of the reel line is leaving the surface, by a 

 rapid downward cut with the upper portion of the rod. It is 

 possible in this way to get out four or five yards more line 

 than by the ordinary cast. 



When trees or bushes overhang the water the side cast is 

 sometimes useful. Let out a short line, and wave the rod 

 from side to side horizontally, until the line follows the motion 

 of the rod, then pull a yard or two off the reel and swish it 

 on to the water. The best way to get it off again is to reel 

 in. 



It will occasionally happen that when trees are overhanging 

 there is not room on either side to use the side cast. The 

 underhand cast here comes in. 



Take the fly between the finger and thumb of the left hand, 

 and by giving the rod a forward and upward motion, drop 

 the fly on to the water in front of you. 



When high bushes stand between you and the river the 

 steeple cast is handy. By the action of the rod work the line 

 up perpendicularly above your head, then pitch it down over 

 the bushes on to the water. 



These special casts are only used in special circumstances 

 requiring them, but they are often instrumental in producing 

 big fish from otherwise inaccessible spots, and it is in such 

 spots that the big fish' generally lie. 



ANGLING CLUBS. 



In conclusion, I would recommend all anglers, whether living 

 in London or the provinces, to join a good club : they there 



