side cast
English
Verb
side cast (third-person singular simple present side casts, present participle side casting, simple past side casted, past participle side cast)
- Alternative form of sidecast
- 2001, Central and Southern Florida Project, Water Preserve Areas, Broward: Environmental Impact Statement:
- The Comprehensive Plan indicated that material excavated from the canals would be side casted and shaped along side the canal.
Noun
side cast (countable and uncountable, plural side casts)
- Alternative form of sidecast
- 2007, Tom Rosenbauer, Orvis Fly-Fishing Guide, →ISBN:
- When you false-cast with a side cast, your 9:00-to-1:00 power strokes can be nearly parallel to the water instead of perpendicular to it.
- 2009, Simon Gawesworth, Single-Handed Spey Casting, →ISBN, page 126:
- The side cast has many uses; probably the most common is when you are faced with an overhanging tree and need to get your fly underneath—hopefully because there is a large fish there!