Club mouche APNLE. Types of Casting. Types of Fly Casts All fly casting revolves around the basic backward and forward casting strokes and the control of loop size, direction and speed. Your eyes, legs, shoulders, arms, wrists and hands should all combine to energize and control the rod to cast the fly line, its leader and the fly to the target area.
Standard Casting In a standard cast the fly line and rod are lifted with a smooth motion in an up-and-back direction. This backcast motion is stopped when the rod reaches slightly past vertical. False Casting False casting means fly casting backward and forward without actually presenting the fly to the target area. Roll Casting In a roll cast, the fly line is not lifted from the water for the backcast but is simply pulled back along the water and then cast forward. Curve Casting A curve cast bends to the right or left of you and is a variation of the standard forward-casting stroke. . * From the L.L.Bean® Fly-Fishing Handbook, written and illustrated by Dave Whitlock. Fly Fishing Lessons - Part 1. Tight Lines-Learning to Fly Cast Part 1. Tight Lines-Learning to Fly Cast Part 2.
False Casting. Standard Cast. Roll Casting. The Pile Cast. The Double Haul. Advanced Fly Casting Techniques - the Double Haul Advance Casting: Double Haul Jim: This cast will give you more distance and better control of your line. Its become Kelly's natural casting style even for a shorter cast. This is a beautiful stroke. Notice how Kelly is using her left hand which will call the line hand as she makes the cast, both on the forward and the back cast. As you raise the rod to start your cast, do a sharp stroke down with line hand. Again, this will increase loading on the rod and accelerate your fly line. One important element of this cast working properly is to have sufficient line speed to pull a line out your rod tip. Casting In The Wind Kelly: The “Mantra”, the wind is my friend.
If the wind is from behind, you can lower your back cast. The motion is oval shape. Kelly: You make this cast by opening or breaking your wrist as you make the forward cast. Using the same principle, you make a very long roll cast if the wind is at your back. Wind In Your Face “S” Cast. Casting Heavy Flies. Have a question you want answered? Email it to us at ask@midcurrent.com. Question: I have a problem casting big, heavy flies. I get lots of tailing loops and wind knots, and I worry about getting hit by the weighted projectile every time it comes by my head. What’s the secret? Via email Answer: Heavy flies present casters with several troubling problems. If you throw tight, fast loops with a lot of weight at the end of the line, the results are shocking…literally. This slack in the line also causes you to lose control of the heavy projectile, which endangers your person and your fly rod.
The key to casting big flies, then is to slow everything down, widen your loops, and avoid sudden changes in direction. To perform the Belgian cast, you make a sidearm backcast and then a forward cast over the top, with a nice, wide loop. For a complete lesson on the Belgian cast, check out Macauley Lord’s excellent article on Midcurrent. Using a Sweep Set. Have a question you want answered? Email it to us at ask@midcurrent.com. Question: I was on the river the other day, and this guy downstream from me was catching a lot of fish (way more than me). I noticed that whenever he set the hook, he pulled his rod to the side, rather than going straight up with his rod tip, the way I was taught to. What was he doing? Matt I., Bethel, CT Answer: My guess is that he was using a sweep set. The sweep set uses the water tension on the line to apply pressure. To make a sweep set, you sweep your rod horizontally toward the bank behind you, keeping the rod parallel to the water’s surface. Because most of us have been taught to raise our rod tip to set the hook, employing the sweep set requires concentration and discipline.
Phil Monahan is a former Alaskan guide and was the long-time editor of American Angler magazine. Peche a la truite >))))°>