Also very useful is the "bow and arrow" or "sling" cast on small tight brooks. Simply aim your line slightly higher than where you intend it to land pull taught using the fly and release, just don't forget to set up for the strike for the exhilaration you will have seeing that the cast just worked.
Lane McKellar ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jimmy D. Moore Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 8:07 AM To: [email protected]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [VFB] QUOTE FOR THE DAY "Ordinarily the man accustomed to a 9-foot fly rod would reduce to one about 7 feet long and feel that he was equipped for working a small brook. This, I beg to point out, is only the palest concession to that kind of angling. If we chop 4 feet off that, however, the remaining 3 foot length will permit casting from almost any position. I use mine right- or left-handed, with the tip pointing almost at the water. Because of the length and essentially greater line speed, the rod throws tight loops, which permits casting under obstacles with relative ease. There is no tendency to "hook" casts off the target, as you certainly must when casting with a longer rod in a purely horizontal plane." "Fishing with McClane" by A. J. McLane **************** ><((((((((º> ************** JIMMY D. MOORE North Zone Fishing Editor - Texas Fish & Game Mag, Author - Moon Holler Misfits Fishing & Hunting Club, Humorist, Past VP Guadalupe River Trout Unlimited, Member TOWA, Retired Scout Exec. BSA. ***************** <º))))))))>< *************
