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Casting Tip: Clean, Stretch and Practice.
Fair casts are made with decent fly rods. Good casts happen with good fly lines. Great casts come from both… and practice. A good, slick, straight fly line will do more for a mediocre fly rod than a fancy, expensive fly rod will ever do for a tattered, mediocre fly line. Clean the line with…
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The True Cast – The simplest trick to improve your casting accuracy…
People often talk about “feel” when it comes to casting a fishing rod of any sort, especially a fly rod. The more in-tune you are with the subtle flexes and the more you feel weight transfers of the line in the handle of the rod, the more you make adjustments that lead to straighter, more…
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Tip – One-Shot Wonder
So, so much attention is paid to casting fancy loops overhead, forming the perfect wind-cutting “U” shape and all that, which is wonderful. But your best friend for setting up a great cast is the water right in front of you. Friction and resistance built up by pulling and lifting a fly line off the…
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Three of my favorite . . . fly-casting tips
These are the best I’ve ever learned.
These are the best I’ve ever learned I’ve been very fortunate over the years to have spent some time watching and learning firsthand from the masters of casting a fly rod, from Lefty Kreh, Frank Moore, Flip Pallot and Mel Krieger, to John Juracek, Simon Gawesworth, and Tom Rosenbauer—people who literally “wrote the books” on…
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Simple tips for fishing from a boat
Maybe you booked a trip last year and it was postponed. Maybe you or one of your friends was fortunate enough to purchase a new boat this past year. Either way you’re going to need to learn how to properly fish from a boat at some point. Full disclosure, I’ve made all of these mistakes…
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Video spotlight: How to water haul
Throwing big streamers, heavy "hopper-dropper" rigs or multiple-nymph rigs can be a bear to cast. While a traditional cast can work, anglers open themselves up to potential errors—and potential tangles—if they're not very careful casting these rigs. Video of Fly Casting | How to Water Haul Above, Pete Kutzer of Orvis demonstrates a super-simple method…