Casting Question
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I am a self taught caster so my opinion wouldn’t be worth much. What little skill I have casting is all due to time on the water and a lot of yard casting. For a long time when I first started I would watch a single lesson on a Lefty video and go outside and practice it until I felt I had it right. I now feel comfortable with just about any rod or line combo but I still screw up regularly, though not as much as when I started. I have gotten to where I can put a fly in places that I once would have thought impossible, like the back of BD’s head. The latest fun thing I learned is skipping line under trees and overhangs.
The advice that helped me the most came from Flip Pallet’s show when he said not to worry about a casting style, or how someone else does it. Just get out there and do it every chance you get, you will eventfully find a style that comes natural for you. Fish some small creeks to really get in shape. After spending $100 on leaders and tippet you either get better or quit.
I thought you were doing pretty well for a new guy when I saw you cast. Just keep it up.
Rusty,
Something that is inexpensive, and you can do it indoors, and will help you get a pretty good idea on where you are stopping your rod on the back and forward strokes, your tracking and drift, is to use a laser pointer. Of course, it isn’t going to help any with learning that “feel”, but it should help with your mechanics.
My Michigan fishing buddy says he has never felt the rod load on his back cast. His loops go beyond tight to arrow shaped, In fact, on another site the owner asked if he could use a picture of Bill casting because it shows a perfect loop on a long cast.
You might be nailing it! Many people go by the idea that if you feel the tug of the back cast you’re too late! The line is already falling and possibly creating other issues.
There is no sin in watching your back cast… especially on long casts. Some of the better casters I’ve watched look at their back cast, others don’t. In fact, I would have to say that most of the better casters I’ve watched DO look at their back cast.
You just have to work it out and find out which technique works best for you I guess!
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