Does it really matter how you cast as long as you get the fly to the fish without spooking it.
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Does it really matter how you cast as long as you get the fly to the fish without spooking it.
Guess it depends on what turns you on 8) 8)Quote:
Originally Posted by allstar7205
How do I cast?
Well enough, from time to time.
Marty
Gramps, with a light weight rod and short casts a fully bent wrist usually gets my fly where I need it to be. Usually just a wrist flick does it.
Long casts or a heavy rod, stiff wrist and a double haul. Really long casts, both hands on a spey rod.
REE
One word:
P R A C T I C E
3 steps to my cast:
#1: Stick tongue out to the left
#2: Close Right Eye (left one is the good one)
#3: Duck as fly come's whizzing by...
Actually #1 & #2 is from my fishing partner, Dave. We were fishing the Susquehanna for smallmouth a couple of summers back and I waded up behind him. Sure enough, #1 and #2 were in full monty for everyone to see.
#3 was the instinctive result as that big clouser came past my ear.....
The question was do you use wrist or not?Quote:
Originally Posted by Big Bad Wulff
I have a video on the net that showed different techniques that Lefty Kreh uses to teach casting. My first video on flyfishing was "Fishing with Cortland Confidence" with Jack Dennis and Leon Chandler. My first exposure to fly casting was with a stiff wrist. I never really tried using the wrist, but like I said, when I did I could not get a very good cast, in fact it almost feels uncomfortable to cast that way. Not physically uncomfortable, but like I am doing something bad. European anglers have always used more of their wrists.
I'm so bad I don't know if I use wrist or not. But I sure as heck have a lot of fun!Quote:
Originally Posted by Gramps
Joe
Gramps...doesn't she use at least 45 degrees of wrist?