For quite a while, especially since I got into movement and how we learn (and perform) it, there has been something or some things bothering me about the conceptual models and assumptions underlying how we teach and talk about solutions for, people having casting problems.… Read More
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Where To From Here?
Earlier this month I got back from an exceptional trip to Tasmania – the bush camping and the fishing were both deeply restorative. To my considerable delight I found that my practice casting was pretty well integrated with my fishing casting. As always there are a few… 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 Movements – Athletic, Aesthetic or Just Practical?
Odd question(s) to ask, surely, but indulge me for a moment. My fly casting journey was driven originally by the simple idea that by casting better I could fish better. It was a practical endeavour. After a while that changed somewhat when casting became something… 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
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
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What’s Next?
I suppose most blogs and personal web sites are vanity projects at some level. Here we are trying to show the world that we are knowledgeable and clever. That wasn’t part of my conscious intent in setting this site up but it would be silly… Read More
Tradition and Dogma
As a part of fly fishing, fly casting is more than a personal interest or activity, it’s part of a tradition. Dogma, however, while being all too common, is not part of a tradition. In fact I would argue it is the opposite of a… Read More
The Curious Fly Caster 