Hey Folks,

Yesterday, I spent a few minutes with
a new friend that had just gotten his first
ever fly rod from Cabelas and was anxious to
to drown some flies. We went out in the
yard for a bit to practice some casting. He
was having some obvious problems and was
perhaps concerned that this fly fishing stuff might be more difficult than expected.
I took a page from the Grand Pubah's "How
to Cast" article, and stuck out my arm for
a stop for his rod. The very next cast, and
virtually all of them from that point on,
stretched fully out to the end of the line
with no more piles of line laying in coils
on the ground. That ominus popping sound
was absent from the casting stroke as well.
We took turns casting for about a half hour,
watching each other and commenting on what
we saw. At the end of the half hour, my new
friend was hitting targets with good accuracy and wearing a big grin. Thanks
JC! When I first read your article I kinda
took it as a joke. It ain't. Success is a
hard animal to argue with. And yes, it is
fun watching someones face light up when a
point hits home and makes a difference.
Warm regards, Jim
JC's Article: [url=http://www.flyanglersonline.com/cst/cst3498.html:2a054]http://www.flyanglersonline.com/cst/cst3498.html[/url:2a054]

[This message has been edited by Jim Hatch (edited 07 February 2005).]