American food and game fishes : a popular account of all the species found in America, north of the equator, with keys for ready identification, life histories and methods of capture . the rod to shoot flies andline forward. Keep the rod tip at an angle of 25 degrees untilthe flies almost touch the water. Then lower it gently just suf-ficient to allow the flies reaching the surface without splash. Ifthe cast is not long enough, strip a couple more feet of linefrom the reel and proceed as before until the cast is long enoughto suit you or you have as much line out as you can manage. The positio
American food and game fishes : a popular account of all the species found in America, north of the equator, with keys for ready identification, life histories and methods of capture . the rod to shoot flies andline forward. Keep the rod tip at an angle of 25 degrees untilthe flies almost touch the water. Then lower it gently just suf-ficient to allow the flies reaching the surface without splash. Ifthe cast is not long enough, strip a couple more feet of linefrom the reel and proceed as before until the cast is long enoughto suit you or you have as much line out as you can manage. The position of the rod and the actual path of the fliesthrough the air, from the time of leaving the water until touch-ing it again, will be readily understood by referring to Figure I is the first position of the rod with the fly resting on thewater, No. 2 shows the rod at the end of the backward motion, xlv Fishing with the Fly and No. 3 in its position just before the fly drops to the surfaceof the water. The path of the flies themselves, from the timethey rise from the water until their return to it, is indicated bythe dotted lines, the fly moving in the direction of the 2. Overhand cast. It is not always possible to be able to make this kind of castwithout danger of entangling the flies in the brushwood back ofyou and it is often desirable to be able to drop the flies under aprojecting bush or tree. For dropping under an overhanging ob-struction flipping the fly as described when first getting it into thewater is a good scheme. The method of making this flip cast will be readily under-stood by referring to diagram No. 3, showing relative position ofrod and line and the dotted line indicating the path of the fliesthrough the air.
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