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Fly Casting.
Get
Your Fly to the Fish.
Seeing someone fly casting for
the first time was one of the main reasons I wanted to learn to fly
fish. It’s almost poetic to watch.
Fly
casting is what separates fly fishing from all other forms of
fishing. Instead of using the weight of the lure to cast your
line out, like in spin casting, the weight of the line is used to cast
out near weightless flies.
Learning to fly cast,
intriguing as it may be, looks rather intimidating at first
glance. It doesn’t have to be.
Contrary
to some folks beliefs that fly casting “is a lot of work” or that “you
have to constantly whip the fly line around” fly casting should be
considered a relaxing and enjoyable task. Why would anyone do
it otherwise?
With the right fly fishing outfit,
method of learning, and some practice anyone with even a small amount
of determination can learn the basic casts. This will be
enough to get you on the water and catching fish. After
becoming proficient in the basics the more advanced casts will not seem
as difficult.
In the following articles you will
find information on the types of casts, where to use them, and the best
ways to learn. Along with casting a fly you will learn the
basics of properly presenting the fly and fighting the fish.
Although there are many different types
of advanced
casts that will be helpful in different situations there are three that
should be learned first.
The first is the overhead
cast. It is actually a combination of the two separate casts,
the back cast and the forward cast. The overhead cast is the
most basic of fly fishing casts and is the one you will be using most
of the time.
In fact, most advanced
casts are simply a variation of the overhead cast.
The
second cast that serves many purposes is the false cast.
The
last cast you’ll find handy, when space doesn’t permit a proper back
cast, is the roll cast.
For more information click here
to read about and watch a free video series on basic fly casts.
Although
I can show you the fundamentals of fly casting there is only so much
you can learn from reading. Here are some suggestions for
the
best ways to learn.
Practice,
Practice,
PracticeIt takes a knack to fly cast and no one gets that
knack without practice.
Practice doesn’t
have to be done on the water. You can do it in your own back
yard, at a park, or any where there is enough space.
Find
some practice drills to make your practice sessions more effective.
With so much focus on fly
casting many
people forget to learn how to properly fight a fish on a fly
rod.
Get
the basics of fighting on a fly
rod here.
With the proper training and
practice a
few times a week, you’ll be on your way to casting tight loops.
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