I have actually discovered this to be intermediate level casters most significant hang up. Beginning their back cast with the rod pointer low! It just tosses the fly up in the air rather of offering it a particular trajectory. Raise the suggestion up, then speed up into your cast.
# 1 Pointer and Video to Construct a Cross Country Fly Cast – Start With a Rod Suggestion Raise
by admin | Sep 4, 2021 | Uncategorized | 34 comments
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Thanks man!
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What rod are you using?
I tried to teach this to my 14 year old cousin, took me 45 mins.
Bravo. Another Great Video and Lesson….Thank You 🎣👍🎣👏👏👏💯
How do we enter that rod giveaway? lolol
Joe, back cast gravitational pull will not lead your frontal cast onto the same plane. But I get it. 😉
Joe, sorry to say this but your tip will cause (for novice & intermediate casters) to decrease the casting stroke dramatically. For really short casts (say 20 ft and less) a short stroke is fine but when casting 30-40 ft only the better casters know how to accelerate correctly to speed up the rod to launch the fly line. For the novice & intermediate a short stroke will result in jerking the rod to get the acceleration. Why not just start with the rod tip low, line stripped in a bit to remove slack and accelerate the rod with enough room to make a smooth casting movement (stroke)? As casters improve their casting they will apply the right timing for the stroke (one of Gammel's five casting essentials) => short cast, short stroke, short pause. Long cast, long stroke, long pause
Are you pulling the lines with your left hand as your lifting the rod backwards?
Thanks! Good tip! Greetings from Germany
The #1 mistake I see with fly fishers trying to do a distance cast is STAYING IN PLANE. I've participated in many casting events where a person will get a good cast going, and then when they lengthen their cast they rotate the rod slight out of plane, due to their shoulder, and the cast goes to hell. Stay in plane. Like Joe says, adjusting your trajectory is important, but STAY IN PLANE.Joe ALSO is right on target at 2:36 where he says the fly will follow the path of the rod tip. Lefty saID it similarly, but differently with a couple of important points, that “the line goes in the direction you speed up and stop your rod”. The 'stops' in casting are hugely under-recognized in fly casting.Moral of the story: stay in plane, speed up and stop your rod in the direction you want to cast, and adjust your trajectory for the type of cast you want to make.
That doesn't give you distance. I can easily cast 40 yards nevermind 40 feet Distance is achieved through line speed and all other things being equal the only way to achieve it is with the double haul.
You are a great caster, Joe, but your way doesn't work for me – it just adds a little slack line into the initial pickup which injects a jerking motion early into the back cast and a loss of some speed and control. One is then forced into making a few extra back casts to correct speed and tract. I am not a great caster but I have found that doing what you call a “single haul” with the left hand while loading the rod with the initial back cast eliminates this slack. Whatever lift is achieved is incorporated in the casting stroke. My casts are more on target and with better speed. …And, of course, I am talking single hand casting.
Good tips: Lots of Subtleties in fly casting. Most folks have an upward climbing backcast…it is just they way we are made…once you learn how to throw the line straight back and forward with good speed and keep that tracking nice and straight with hauling, distance will come. Sometimes we worry so much about the forward cast that we forget to see what the backcast looks like. Anybody ever wonder why you suddenly fluke a 90+ ft. cast in your yard when most of your cast fall in the 70-85 ft range? Besides hauling at the proper time….it's probably because you hit that sweet spot in the backcast which translated into a nice forward cast and voila….. Good stuff Joe.
You keep dropping your forearm to the side. I'm only an intermediate caster but this is probably going to confuse a lot of people as to your form. I bet your better than I ever will be but to me from the advice I've gotten from experts, this is a fault as to getting accuracy. I had a hard time to really follow this
It's always helpful to watch Joe between my casting practice. Looks like hauling assistance is very helpful too.
Me and my boy spent a half hour on the grass and a half hour on the stream. We learned a lot in that bit of time. It's great to have a buddy who is giving you pointers.
Great video! It’s helped my cast immensely and it’s much appreciated!
You also need ah line that matches the rod and ah good line or it won't matter how your casting skills are it will end up shite lol
Hey there! I’m really new to fly fishing and I mainly fish saltwater. I never see any videos or tutorials on how to get the line started. All the videos always start with the line already laid out in front or behind the person. I would love to see a video showing how to start a cast without the line laid out already. TIA.
Great video Joe…and beautiful grass/lawn as well!
Great tip, will try that as soon as it stops raining in this damn state(NY)
You are completely WRONG ! The rod tip should be down and pointing in front of you a little bit . You should move your shoulder and elbow strait back cracking your wrist a little bit at your stop ! NOT to lift your forearm at all ! When you lift your forearm you will make a question mark loop ! You should have a long arm from the shoulder breaking your wrist just a little at each stop front and back ! A long running arm ! You never break 10 and 2 and in return you will have a tight loop ! Thank you ! I realize everyone cast different! But forearm is very bad ! Especially when you have a good amount of line out ! That up down casting stroke is very limited.
Great video
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Could you tell me what rod and reel you are using
Great tip!Thank you so much😂
Great info, but sound quality leaves something to be desired.
Some great tips there, will be trying them out come open season next week here in Scotland, cheers
This is really excellent information and tuition, thanks so much!!
Set up at the launch point.
Joe teaching good drills.
Great tip, thx for sharing
What's the mistake they make?