After coming back from Tassie late last year I started a thread on the Fly Casting Lab facebook page. I am re-posting here for those who don’t do facebook and because I think it’s worth thinking about in your own casting and certainly as a… Read More
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Curious Fly Caster PDFs for download: Fly Casting as Movement
This is to let you know that my section on Fly Casting as Movement is now available for download. As before the PDF is covered by a Creative Commons Licence and you should check the rules before downloading if in any doubt. Like the others… Read More
Curious Fly Caster PDFs for Download: Practice
This is the latest section to be made available for download and one of the most important. As before the PDFs are covered by a Creative Commons Licence and you should check the rules before downloading if in any doubt. Like the others which preceded… Read More
Fly Casting, Waves and Control of Line Tension
Back in 2020 I created a page about Making Waves and Graeme Hird’s work on line control post loop formation. I have just edited the page to include reference to a new video by Graeme in which he further demonstrates the benefits of controlling and… Read More
Fly Casting: Movement and Sensation
Introduction Some years ago a friend who had played and coached golf at an elite level put me onto the idea of the “feel” of a movement. Intuitively it made sense. I liked it, adopted it and still use it, predominantly as a means of… Read More
Fly Casting: Measures, Weights and Economy of Effort
We fly cast with a long flexible lever, the effect of which is to amplify the movement of our rod hand – for gain or loss in the (fly line) outcomes of our movements. We get an added bonus from desirable movement of the rod… Read More
Practical Ideas for Fly Casting Practice : Part 2
We have all heard about the Straight Line Path (SLP). Physics and common sense tell us that it is most efficient to apply force to something in a straight line if we want to move it in one particular direction. If we optimise the amount… Read More
Practical Ideas for Fly Casting Practice : Part 1
Indulge me for a few minutes while I set the context. I’m going to put out there some ideas – some things I do or have done which helped. The way my mind works is that I need a organisational framework for ideas, a conceptual… Read More
My Fly Casting Journey: the Last Five Years
Today I got back from a very uplifting practice session. Blessed with light airs I was once again able to concentrate on refining technique unhindered by adverse conditions. A few things I’ve been working on seemed to be well on the way to being grooved. … Read More
Fly Casting Efficiency: Another Haul Tune Up
As i wrote in the previous post, a recent vid I shot showed that my hauling, though fit for purpose, was a bit lazy. What I meant is that my hauling worked adequately for the distances being cast but I wasn’t hauling at peak efficiency.… Read More
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