Does anyone else cast backwards?
I tend to fish in areas where I don't have a lot of area behind me where my back cast won't get snagged on trees and other debris.
Consequently I have taken to facing the trees/bushes that are behind me, guiding my line/fly into the open slots in the brush then turning forward for my last cast to guide it to the spot on the water where I want to place my fly.
It's not foolproof as far as final placement on the water - but I don't hang up on my back cast at all. I must admit that it looks goofy because it appears that I'm casting into the trees.
Does anyone else do this???
Thank God for my wife, the midge nymph and those hapless Iowa Hawkeyes!