50 TIPS. 



This time-worn method, however, has a hold on the masses so 

 great, that in describing the correct one, it is desirable to draw a 

 searching comparison between the two. 



The old school, accustomed to the same unvaried habit of facing 

 the spot upon which the fly is intended to alight — a habit to be 

 vigorously denounced — are naturally constrained to make a more or 

 less semi-circular sweep of the rod in the background, with the result 

 that the fly often strikes the earth and becomes altogether useless. 

 The risk run is decidedly less with a limited length of line, but still 

 it is inseparable from the practice. Knowing this, some make the 

 up-cast directly over their head, in which case, though security against 

 loss or injury to the flv is provided, the most consummate skill is 

 required to cover a distant fish. 



The new school go to work in a manner totally different. 



In these days, the one standing difficulty that presents itself to 

 the uninstructed, is not so much the old question of finding a rod that 

 will do the work, as of acquiring the modern method of using it 



That is the plain truth. Then, what about ourselves ? Well, 

 soon after we introduced the type calculated to send the line in the 

 air out of harm's way, rather by the rod's action than by undue force, 

 it remained only a question of a few minutes' practice to bring off the 

 thrash-down at the right and proper moment. Of course we did not 

 pursue the worn-out principle of relying solely on the sense of touch, 

 but took up a position from which we could actually see what takes 

 place from first to last. This change of front is the secret of the 

 whole business. 



It may, therefore, be taken for certain that, instead of facing the 

 lay-bye for this cast, as of yore, the angler should stand sideways to 



