232 SALMON AND TROUT. 
T could not accomplish this cast from a bank, as in making a 
cast in the ordinary position the line would invariably come in 
contact with the bank, and the result was very often the loss of 
my fly and casting line (see fig. 7). I, however, found out 
afterwards, that if instead of standing in the ordinary position 
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FIG. 7. 
FE, river bank ; a, where angler stands holding rod, fishing right-handed, in ordinary 
position for casting facing stream ; ABDC, position of rod, line, and fly before making 
forward cast ; D, where fly or line comes in contact with bank ; AGH, position of rod, 
line, and fly when cast is made. 
facing the stream, I made say, in military parlance, a right or 
left about three-quarter face, down stream when making my 
cast, almost with my back to the stream (see fig. 8), I could 
keep the fly clear of the bank, and get out as long a line as I 
