As many of you know by now I practice regularly to maintain and improve my casting technique. Some of what I learn finds its way into this blog and I’ve written extensively on how I structure practice sessions to optimise my sensory motor learning. This post is… Read More
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Practice, Learning and Happenstance
I’ve been busy researching and writing about the teaching of fly casting but recently I had a pleasant reminder of what it’s like to be on the other end of the process – as a learner. There I was down at the park only to discover that the summer… Read More
“Power Snap” Out of It?
Emerging (slightly) from a two month lockdown last week saw me have my first casting practice session for what seemed like a scary long time. It was exciting to string up for a cast but I did it with some trepidation in wondering how much… Read More
Practice Update
As I mentioned a few posts ago, tuning up my back cast lead to some further savings in effort – going both ways. My standard practice regime has since been changed to include minimum effort and also back cast delivery drills which have helped cement in these recent improvements. The page on Fly Casting Practice has been amended to incorporate… Read More
Fly Casting: Distance, Technique, Effort and Practice – Redux
Recently, I spent five or six practice sessions concentrating on tuning up my back cast to get rid of some bad habits that returned during a long fishing trip. Structural restoration has been achieved but deeply grooving the changes is ongoing work. Doing that work led to… Read More
Back Cast Tune-Up
At the beginning of April I arrived back from another extended and delightful trip to Tasmania. Unfortunately, I also came back with a bad casting habit I thought I had gotten rid of. Five weeks fishing in Tassie conditions – wind and an urge to make quick covers – brought back… Read More
Gear Changes and Adaption
In the previous post I spoke about a practice session using different lines on two 5wt rods with different actions. Same reel for both rods. The gear variations weren’t huge in quantitive terms but taken altogether they did produce significant demands for adjustment in order to maintain… Read More
Control, Adaption and Casting Mechanics: A Practicing Example
I mainly practice with a fast action 5wt 9′ rod and a long belly 5wt line (Barrio GT 125). Every now and again I like to switch to something else not just to break the monotony but to force adaption to a different gear setup… Read More
Free at Last! Expressing Yourself
There hasn’t been much to write about for a couple of months. Been in lockdown mode so no casting practice. No practice means I’ve had nothing to preach about. Here in Oz the restrictions have eased enough that the optics of throwing some loops have… Read More
The Special Delivery Cast
In the fly casting universe huge amounts of the discussion come down to what happens on the delivery cast, especially when travelling in the solar system of distance casting. Competition accuracy casting is by comparison a mere asteroid despite accuracy rather simple distance being the… Read More
The Curious Fly Caster 
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