Advice on Skilful Casting 



The unsuccessful angler has much more 

 satisfaction in feeling that his work has 

 been skilfully performed than he 

 would have if in doubt as to whether 

 his lack of success had been due to a 

 scarcity of feeding fish, of to a series 

 of bungling performances on his part. 

 To become a good caster is simple if 

 one learns a few of the first principles 

 of handling the rod and line. One of 

 the greatest faults of anglers who have 

 diflSculty in making accurate or long 

 casts is that on the back cast they al- 

 low the point of the rod tp go entirely 

 too far behind them. Some anghng 

 writers — many, in fact — ^who under- 

 take the task of teaching beginners, 

 advise them to let the rod go back 

 until it reaches an angle of forty-five 

 degrees. To do so is a grievous fault. 

 The rod should be stopped when it has 

 barely passed the perpendicular. In 



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