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Casting Forum?
My goal this year is to improve my casting. As the world's worst caster, I have to ask why a casting forum doesn't exist on FAOL? Everyone who flyfishes must cast right? I mean there are forums for things like rod building and not all who fly fish build their own rods. I believe the numbers should be there to support this.
One could find individuals in their area to exchange casting videos, find a casting instructor for a quick lesson, or just ask questions about fixing tailing loops.
Just thinking out loud.
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Sashjo,
Could be a neat idea, ... Then again, I like running down one single forum for all the stuff . I read pretty well all the posts too, so this way I don't have to change forums.
JC, LF ??? comments ??
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Tend to agree with you Sashjo. When I find a new fly fishing site I tend to look straight for a Casting forum. Always looking to improve my casting and eager to get the good guff from more experienced persons.
Cheers
Gig
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I'll add that it's pretty difficult to troubleshoot a cast without actually seeing it. I've found that a lot of folks don't know what they're doing wrong and often can't describe it well enough (or describe the wrong thing altogether) for someone to to analyze.
I suggest that if you really want to improve your cast, you need a coach. Find a local club, flyshop or casting instructor. Some offer free assistance.
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Forgot to mention if you tell us what you are near maybe someone here can help!
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[url=http://www.flyfishingarkansas.com:faf77]www.flyfishingarkansas.com[/url:faf77] has a fly casting forum on their bb. Moderator is Chuck Easterling, certified instructor and FFF certification tester. Good tips and answers if you have specific questions.
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These are the idle thoughts that posses a man's mind when he's not able to fish.
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I've gotta go with JC on this one. Attempting to teach fly casting on an internet BB would be akin to a blind man trying to tell a deaf man what the color red sounds like.
Will
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Seems like sage advice...
How about this...
In the absence of an instructor would you advise a new caster trying to learn from a video?
How about an intermediate caster?
If so do you have a favorite video?
Different ones for the beginner vs the intermediate????
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Back in 1987 I was shipped home frrom Scotland, where I had been working, with a neurological disorder called Guillane Barre' Syndrome. I had hoped for my wife to join me toward the end of my job and we'd tour the country and I'd be able to fish some of the waters there. I"ll be the first to admit that at that time I wasn't a very good caster.
While rehabilitating it was noted my progress was slow and I was depressed. My doctors asked my wife if there was something I was interested in to see if they could incorporate that into my rehab. She told them about my haven taking up fly fishing not too long before going to Scotland and that perhaps using casting lessons might help. they agreed and she rented 2 videos on the subject, one by Dr Gary Borger and the other by Doug Swisher.
I watched the videos over and over again and with the assist of the tip from my rod and some yarn made some real progress. It wasn't too long before I was on the lawn with a complete rod and fly line and cast at least 30 minutes, to one hour, each day.
By the time I was cleared to return to work I considered myself to be a pretty good caster and continued this regimine for nearly a year. I still go out to my lawn and cast when I can't go fishing and use the winter moths to wash away the blues too. I'll leave it to Colston Newton, and others from the board, who have seen my casting and give their impression as to if avideo can make a person a good caster. Regards............
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Don't disagree with you JC. I was merely stating the videos gave me some casting form to visualize, which I hadn't had any exposure to prior to that. I believe my casting style, and technique, developed from the many hours of practice which no video could ever replace. Often, it is much easier to visualize, when seeing it, than to try and mentally do so and given my neurological disorder at that time I certainly wasn't in any shape for mental imagery! http://www.flyanglersonline.com/bb/smile.gif Regards..........
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