How to become a really good flycaster!

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wb4tjh		#21	[url]	[-]
Posts: 527 07/08/2009 10:44	Ditto the "go fishing". My flyfishing is a lot like my golf game: both began when I was about 12 years old, and the only way I could ever improve either was to get out and fish or play golf. All the books and videos in the world won't help if you don't just get out there and do it, preferably with friends who are more experienced than yourself. Both games are improved by doing and observing. Learning to make your fly go and do what and where you want it to is much like learning to make your golf ball do what you want it to. When you reach that stage of skill, both games become a new world. Yes, to me flyfishing is a game, not a sport. In a sport, you are competing against someone else....in my fishing and golfing, I play against the fish and the course. Both games can be played while alone, and both are played in beautiful surroundings. I'm happiest when I'm fishing or playing golf. The nice thing about both is that when you can't be doing one, the other might be viable. Bill Anderson, Sarsota, Fl. "Bamboo is the Benchmark in flyrods".
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corlay.fiberglassflyro...		#22	[url]	[-]
Posts: 47 07/08/2009 15:16	wb4tjh wrote: My flyfishing is a lot like my golf game: I like this analogy, if you think of it like: Driving Range............Lawn Casting -----------------....=....---------------- Golfing.......................Flyfishing I can hit 10 golf balls in a row, nice and straight, and acceptably long; once I work-up a groove at the driving range; but get me out on the course, with variable lies and conditions; and I'm immediately transformed into a "duffer". Same with Flyfishing. Actual fishing tends to require a good bit of improvisation, depending upon the situation. "From my observations I think that most of us spend too much time worrying about our tackle and too little time learning the intimate characteristics of the fish and streams we fish most." - Ray Bergman Trout, New York: Knopf 1938 Last Edited By: corlay 07/08/2009 15:19. Edited 1 time.
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shakeylee		#23	[url]	[-]
Posts: 147 07/08/2009 15:57	for the first few years of fly fishing i was a terrible caster.i had lots of instruction and watched the joan wulff video over and over.i love joan wulff,so that was easy. i also got the doug swisher video and that helped.but i was still a non-caster. part of the problem was that most places i fished ,a roll cast was called for more than an overhand cast.but when you needed an overhand cast,you really need it! then i did this,and became a much better caster than i had been.i have never heard of anyone suggesting this ,so bear with my description.it improved my cast nearly a hundred percent. most places i fish there is a half mile or so walk to the stream,or at least to the good parts.i started false casting as i hiked along the whole half mile or so in,and out.with no fly on of course.i would cast at fence posts,tree branches,nothing specific etc.i got to a point where i could cast hal decently.try it!
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Marty		#24	[url]	[-]
Posts: 211 07/08/2009 19:18	30 years ago I taught myself from books. Once we joined the FFF I got some pointers from some very kind gentlemen. IMHO you don't need professional instruction to learn to fly fish and have fun.....but..... I truly think a little good instruction would make the intitial frustrations much smaller. I think it would make the road to really maximizing your ability to catch fish much much shorter. Roll casting, mending, and all the little things that come over time are pointed out in the classes now ( I helped with one for our local club several weeks back). You don't have to be a great caster to catch fish but good basics will certainly make it easier. I have gone as a helper for classes at several FFF clubs over the last years and listening quietly to the casting instructors always yields a tidbit or two. I have had the good fortune to have fished with some truly great fly fishermen over the years and have to say that all of the best of them were truly excellent casters.
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B52 bugger	Good fly caster	#25	[url]	[-]
Posts: 110 07/10/2009 07:40	My dad was not a fly fisherman. I was about ten years old, for Christmas he gave me a Wright McGill "Sweetheart: for HDG line 8 1/2ft, the line he included was Ashaway B level. With this rod and set up. (By the way the reel I bought Pflueger Medalist 1495 reel). I fished dries including midges with fifteen ft leader fishing the leader, bass bugging and striper fishing. My casting instructor was books by Jason Lucas, Bergman, Joe Brooks, Alden Knight, Lee Wulff. At Boston Sportsman Show I watched Ted Williams, Ann Strobel, through time I watched Lefty Kreh, Joan Wulff, Lee Wulff, Sheila Hassan, Mark Sedotti. I started with book under my arm 10 to 2 etc. I use glass, graphite and bamboo rods. I am able to change my style to accomodate slow - fast action rods. My belief is everyone contributed to fly casting - all are my heros. If I had to say "what made fly casting easier from the beginning". I would say over lining the rod and making things work with what I had. I thank all the rod, line and reel manufacturers for their contributions. I thank all the fly casting instructors in giving back what they have learnt, Amen !
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DrakeBob		#26	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1425 07/10/2009 13:56 Formerly Drake	Let me just add that B52 is one of the finest "non-professional" casters that I've ever had the pleasure to watch. The man knows his stuff. Piscator Non Solum Piscatur
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Pete from MA		#27	[url]	[-]
Posts: 76 07/10/2009 14:21	I come from a saltwater background where distance puts you over more fish. I found the BACK CAST was the most important part of the cast. The drill was to pull off 30 ft of line and put a little mark on the line. Stand normal and point the rod tip toward the grass (a couple inches off) ...then walk backwards till the line (in front of you) looked nice and straight and tight to the rod. Then (with the line tight and the tip close to the ground) lift up the line with a big cast and fling it behind you ..And let it just drop... hopefully when you look behind you'll see a line that fell nice and straight...turn around face the line, point the rod tip to the ground, walk backward till the line is tight and then repeat..... The whole drill is to try and develop a solid backcast.. at some point (when you get good) you'll feel the 30ft of line snap back (like it wants to keep going but you stopped it short)...thats when you know your starting to get a good back cast. This made myself and the guys I fished with into pretty good casters and we could toss a full 9wt line (if the wind was acting up). But for us it was all in the back cast. Also just because you can cast doesn't mean you can fish ...I think knowing how to mend a line and make a nice drag free presentation are way more important ...even if you can only cast 20 ft. from my personal experience this is how I'd wight my importance scale: drag free presentation: 95% casting distance: 5% Last Edited By: Pete from MA 07/10/2009 14:27. Edited 1 time.
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Croassed Arrows		#28	[url]	[-]
Posts: 8 07/12/2009 00:56	Wow! The great advice keeps right on coming. This sure is a good website for advice, and so far without nitpicking. Pete in MA - That drill sounds effective - I'll try it, thanks.
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