Was going to post this on the other thread but rather than hijack seems like it could stand alone.
Obviously the more you do something…read that practice… the better you should get …but there is good practice and bad practice…witness my golf swing…
Anyway… when you practice casting what do you work on?..
rhythm
double haul
tight loops
feel
etc. etc.
How many things at once?
Anyone want to list three things that are the most important to work on???
I just try to get as much casted out straight as possible.
One time I was looking the other direction and i felt a tug on my line(this is alone, in my backyard) and I look over and a stray cat is wrestling with my fly (which had no hook luckily)
And lukily I love in a triple decker, and the house next to me is a triple decker, so I can go in the driveway in between and ther is no wind
Hey Ducksterman,
Being new to this I am following this closely. I don’t want to show my ignorance especially since I am old enough to know what ignorance is, but what do they mean by double haul?
Steve
rookie…let me say this…when I retired one of my goals was to become a better double hauler…[read that “a double hauler”]…now someone define it better than I can…
But no fair high jacking the thread…ok go ahead and I’ll repost…rookie needs help…
Watching a good double hauler is a thing of beauty.
I’ll edit this in…It’s a way of increasing line speed.
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Most of the fish I catch are 30’ or closer consequently I never practice beyond that point…I mean there is no need.
For you maybe Buzz but check this out…
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Wasn’t trying to steal the thread, but wanted to put it to my list of things to practice since I didn’t know what it was.
As a Rookie 1. Make a clean cast.
2. Don’t try to overpower
3. don’t drop the arm.
Plus everything else posted.
Sorry
Steve
Hey guys, I always try to go for rythm and feel, if you can master those 2 the rest will follow.
Rookie, a double haul is kind of dificult to describe but basicaly it means you use your line hand (left hand if casting right handed)to make a haul down and away from your rod hand on both the back cast and the front cast, once you get the hang of it you will find it increases your line speed and helps you to shoot line on the delivery stroke. As always it is all in the timing.
Hope this helps.
Mike.
Rookie,
No sorry necessary…I was not directing the Highjacking to you…it was to others that might get into the double hauling thing and forget about my question…
In fact, if someone doesn’t know about double hauling I’d gladly give up a thread…come on folks get rookie on the road to ecstasy…
1: Shooting line without too much false casting. I have a bad habit of trying to keep too much line in the air.
2: My left side reach mend cast.
3: Casting with my rod tip over my left shoulder for a cross wind coming from the right. (I cast right handed)
I practice almost weekly. I have a large enough back yard, so it is convenient to step outside.
With every practice session I work on loop control and accuracy at distances from the rod tip out to about 70 feet.
Some times I may work on long distance stuff, or specialty casts like curve casts, pile casts, steeple casts, aerial mends etc.
During some sessions, I will focus on doing things wrong. That helps me with helping others, or even my self when I get in a casting funk on the water.
But I always spend some time on loop control and accuracy.
Also, I make it a point to go out and practice when it is windy.
I practice almost every day. When I can be on the water doing it, that’s great. When that’s not an option I spend at least a few minutes each day working casts out.
First thing I do is warm up… especially if I know I’m going to try and hit that tree that is always just out of reach!
After warm up, it’s just nice and easy getting the feeling for things, then some accuracy casts at various close to mid distances, then distance, the accruracy at distance and then a bring it back in closer and work on perfcting that danged overhead curve cast then I bring it back down to where I started.
If time is short a little accuracy thrown in with distance.
ducksterman asked:
“Anyway… when you practice casting what do you work on?”
Size and quality of the loop - forward and back.
Bob
“They always talk about my drinking, but they never think about my thirst”…old Scottish proverb
Buzz said:
“Most of the fish I catch are 30’ or closer consequently I never practice beyond that point…I mean there is no need.”
I suppose that makes sense as long as one practices those 30’ casts into strong headwinds too.
Bob
“They always talk about my drinking, but they never think about my thirst”…old Scottish proverb
Well other than the regular brush up before the season I try to practice side cast a little bit for getting under overhanging trees and bushes on small streams, and hopefully save a few more flies for the fish instead of feeding the trees.
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OK, I know this has been said before but I couldn’t resist.
If you can only cast accurately to 30’ of course most of the fish you catch are within 30’.
Fish more, work less!
I generally start all of my practice sessions with 5-10 minutes of “no power casting”. In other words, I start casting about 30 feet of line with virtually no power and gradually ramp it up until I am using just enough power to produce fairly tight loops. Then I back off and start over.
I follow this with 5-10 minutes of pick up and lay down casting to a small plate at 30-35 feet.
Then I go into the main part of the practice session. I usually pick something and stay with it for at least a couple of weeks. For example, right now I am mainly working on accuracy with slack line casts. I’ll probably work on these casts for the next few weeks, then move on to something else like distance casting, loop control, doublehaul timing, etc.
This seems like a lot to some, but the practice time really pays off for me on the stream. And frankly, I enjoy the practice. Nothing relaxes me more after work than to cast a flyrod. And I get the most satisfaction from our sport through casting well.
Interesting thread.
It was like that when I got here.
Practice Line Control
don’t you guys read the articles