The First Cast on a Pool 



short distance from the left bank, or, 

 as we are fishing up-stream, from the 

 bank at our right. It is a good rule 

 to cover carefully all promising water, 

 and, that we may not disturb any trout 

 in good water before we fish it, our 

 first cast is over the water nearest to 

 us. Stripping some line from the reel 

 with our left hand, we make a few 

 casts in the air to lengthen the line 

 so that the fly may be able to reach 

 our objective point, which in this case 

 — our first cast — is near the bank at 

 our right, and from three to five feet 

 above the tail of the pool. The fly 

 Hghts gently and is allowed to float 

 with the current until it reaches the 

 end of the pool. Meanwhile, as the 

 fly comes toward us, we are stripping 

 in the slack line with our left hand, 

 but so deliberately and gently that we 

 do not in any case "drag" the fly. 



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