CHAPTER III. 



METHODS OF CASTING. 



THE OVERHAND CAST. 



It is generally supposed, and the supposition is founded on 

 sensible grounds, that the ever-youthful Overhand has a right to 

 claim the longest existence, and to hold the highest place of iionour 

 among all other methods. This right is never in dispute when the 

 one necessary condition — that of ample space — presents itself so as 

 to render the cast practicable and effective. At those times it can be 

 made " cleaner " than other casts, and then it is the least likely to 

 disturb the fish by the splashing of line. 



It nevertheless becomes necessary to say that there are two 

 different methods of making the Overhand, and that one of ihcm is 

 defective, inasmuch as it occasions the luss nf Hies, and sternly r('|H']s 

 all overtures for a long line. 



