A HANDY GUIDE TO 
3° 
EXERCISE XI. 
THE HORIZONTAL CAST. 
Having mastered the overhand cast, proceed next to 
practise what is called The Horizontal Cast. 
In fly-fishing we often come to parts of a stream 
where, owing to the presence of trees behind one, 
and of trees or branches extending over the stream, 
it is impossible to reach a fish by the over-hand cast, 
and, indeed, some fishermen prefer the horizontal 
cast under all circumstances, since, by means of it, 
the motion of the rod is less likely to be seen by the 
fish. 
It is, however, more difficult to accomplish neatly 
than the other. 
The name sufficiently explains what it is, viz., to 
ply the rod with a motion parallel with the horizon 
or with the level of the water. 
To master it, practise, at first on a lawn, and 
afterwards on the water itself as before, to ply your 
rod in this way with various lengths of line, swishing 
it backwards and forwards at right angles with your 
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Mr. Halford well describes the action of the line 
