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Figure 6. To take up the slack and slow your lure gently, midair, drop your index finger and let it touch the ballooning line. Then, when the lure is just inches above the target, touch the spool gently (6A, top). By raising the rod tip at this exact instant, you can make the lure slip-dive into the water. To prepare to cast, first reel in your lure within 8 inches or so of the tip top. Bring the pick up finger to the top of the reel and catch the line on the middle of the ball of your index finger, ahead of the first joint (6B). While holding the line across your index finger tip, take hold of the shell and turn it back so the pick-up arm is at the bottom of the reel. Still holding the line with your index finger, open the pickup or bail (6C, lower right) and you are ready to cast. For a modification of your overhead cast, change the plane from overhead to 45 degrees. Soon you may find yourself using this cast almost exclusively. Its method of execution is exactly as the overhand cast, merely tilt the rod. The advantage of this cast is that it keeps the lure traveling in a flatter trajectory which will give the wind less chance to pull it off its course and allow it to drop into the water more gently. With more wind, you'll want to get it even more horizontal.
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