Longer Fly CastingThis little handbook will help any fly fisherman - beginner to near-expert - to refine his fly-casting technique: to double-haul with more accuracy and authority and for greater distance; to cast better from boats, into the wind, when there are obstructions; to roll cast farther; to prepare one's equipment properly for longer casts. |
Common terms and phrases
accelerate the rod allow the line amount of line angle angler bonefish braided Bring the rod butt guide conventional backcast conventional forward cast conventional roll cast direction you want double haul downward false-cast feet of line fishing fly fishermen fly fishing fly line fly rod forearm front leader learn the double line and fly line back line hand line is going line straightens load the rod long cast long line longer casts Longer FLY CASTING Lower the rod method monofilament motion move the rod normal backcast obstruction overhang PRINCIPLE NUMBER problem pull quick stop reel rod back rod forward rod hand rod travels rotated shooting head shooting line shoulder single haul single water haul sinking line slack steelhead straight surface tension sweep the rod tangle target thinner line thirty feet throw the line thumb tight loop tip is pointing unrolls upper arm wind wrist locked