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Fine and Far-Off Casting and the I 

 Value of Close Fishing when j 

 Throwing a Fly Tip-Stream i 



IT was Charles Cotton, I think, who 

 first advised "fine and far-off" 

 casting. 

 A fine and far-off east is a good thing 

 to use occasionally; and it is always 

 of great value to anglers to possess the 

 ability to make a long cast when neces- 

 sary. Fishermen who have never stood 

 upon a platform in a tournament are 

 rather prone, at times, to belittle the 

 attainments of a tournament caster, 

 and to say emphatically that "tourna- 

 ment casting is not angling." That is 

 right; it is not, but it is a legitimate 

 and valuable part of the a,ngKng game, 

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