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
All posts filed under “Sensory Motor Learning”
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
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 Movement – Trial and Error
Moving on – to Movement
The other day i was down at the park practicing and a passer-by stopped and said with animated delight that what I was doing “was so graceful”. I thanked her with equal enthusiasm and said, “I’m so glad you said that because that is exactly… Read More
Casting Efficient, Narrow Loops – Why, What and How
There I was down at the park again dodging rain showers by standing under some fir trees with their obligingly dense foliage. While I waited I played with side casting using PUALDs and false casts producing delivery casts out to fifty something feet. Circumstances limited… Read More
Fly Casting Practice 2.0 : Efficient Effort
Let’s begin by briefly touching base with the the Famous Five Essentials or rather the most important essentials, the Straight Line Path (SLP) and its best friend Smooth Power Application (Acceleration). The SLP is what happens when we apply power efficiently – basic mechanics. Producing… Read More
Fly Casting Movement: Effort as an Organising Idea for Control
Introduction As a curious person I want to build my understanding of fly casting on solid ground. It remains a work in progress. As a metaphor I was recently attracted to the means by which a railway viaduct designed by Brunel was constructed over marshy… Read More
Distance: Lost, Found and Why
Introduction Going back a few years now I decided to expand the zone within which I could cover and catch fish effectively and reliably from about 60′ to about 80′. At 90′ I would still be very much in the game but for my fishing… Read More
The Curious Fly Caster 
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