Lucky me. I don't have that problem. The Fly fishing industy's biggest hurdle is casting. Articles like this intimidate novices and intermediates. The idea that casts must be perfect and that it is very difficult to do is a terrible way to teach. This is basically nonsense. I teach people to fly fish all the time and none of them can cast and every single one of them catches fish. Casting is simple. Get the bug in the water. Focus on a natural drift more than the act of the cast. The back cast is irrelevant if you are roll casting anyway.
John, thanks for the feedback - we definitely are not trying to "intimidate" any anglers; quite the opposite. There are a lot of physical mechanics in the fly cast to be aware of, and John Juracek is, hopefully, trying to break those down as simply as possible in his casting series. ~Andrew
Another excellent post! I think this too is a good reminder, that not every fishing situation requires casting 50 feet or more of line. The majority of fly fishing I've ever done was with casts within 30 feet of my location, even in saltwater. I read comments now all the time, where folks struggle with long casts, but don't seem to be considering these shorter casts as important, yet they can be.
This is why a traditional tenkara cast is more of a flick. The stroke is short changing the arc to approximately 12 to 2, and is quicker with a shorter pause or stop on both ends since there is less linr to lay out.
Lucky me. I don't have that problem. The Fly fishing industy's biggest hurdle is casting. Articles like this intimidate novices and intermediates. The idea that casts must be perfect and that it is very difficult to do is a terrible way to teach. This is basically nonsense. I teach people to fly fish all the time and none of them can cast and every single one of them catches fish. Casting is simple. Get the bug in the water. Focus on a natural drift more than the act of the cast. The back cast is irrelevant if you are roll casting anyway.
John, thanks for the feedback - we definitely are not trying to "intimidate" any anglers; quite the opposite. There are a lot of physical mechanics in the fly cast to be aware of, and John Juracek is, hopefully, trying to break those down as simply as possible in his casting series. ~Andrew
Excellent advice!
Another excellent post! I think this too is a good reminder, that not every fishing situation requires casting 50 feet or more of line. The majority of fly fishing I've ever done was with casts within 30 feet of my location, even in saltwater. I read comments now all the time, where folks struggle with long casts, but don't seem to be considering these shorter casts as important, yet they can be.
This is why a traditional tenkara cast is more of a flick. The stroke is short changing the arc to approximately 12 to 2, and is quicker with a shorter pause or stop on both ends since there is less linr to lay out.