There is a very real tactile, aesthetic pleasure in good fly casting, quite apart from fishing.
Ninety-eight percent of us have major fundamental flaws in our casting strokes…
The rule of thumb for casting stroke length is this: short line, short stroke. Longer line, longer stroke.
Dry-fly fishing can be surprisingly simple–completely accessible–and when everything comes together, it’s pretty much top of the game.
Look carefully at a riseform. Small waves are created by the movement of the fish. These waves are not uniform in height across the riseform…
Let’s be honest. When you’re nymph fishing with a bobber all you’re really doing is hanging onto the water tube handles.
An essential requirement for distance casting is that maximum acceleration of the rod occur at the end of the casting stroke.
Wind is a fact of life in the West. If you’re going to fish out here, at some point you’ll be doing it in the wind.
Your backcast is where you load the power in the rod, and a stiff breeze will help straighten the line behind you.
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