Hooked,

That won't work. As indicated you need to have some line out, 20 feet or more to start with. The power built up in the rod carries down to the line which casts your fly. If there is no line out then there is no way for the power to build to begin with and nothing to transfer it to.

Strip out 20 to 30 feet of line, not counting the leader. Flip it out onto the grass in front of you. Pick it up and cast backwards, stopping at say the 1 o'clock position behind you. Wait a second then cast forward and stop at the 10 o'clock position in front of you. When you stop that is when the rod will send the power of the cast, if the rod was loaded, down the line.

But first, before you do anything else, go to you the library here on FAOL and search casting or go to You Tube and search fly casting. Watch some videos so you will have a basic idea of what to do. Please.

Larry ---sagefisher---