Approaches to casting

[BSwan]

... I haven't looked at my backcast in thirty years, and only look at my forecast because that is the side of the head my eyes are on...

Well, unless the trees eat it.

For 6 or 7 years in a row I fished in Montana with a brilliant guide and caster. One day, in the middle of an arduous casting session/lesson, a frustrated I asked "How long am I going to have to keep checking my backcasts?" The reply was "For the rest of your life, Bob."