11-18-2009, 05:46 PM
[quote fsh4fun05] Without sounding too desperate is there somebody in the SLC area that can teach me how to cast a fly line?[/quote]
I would consider myself a noob as well considering I have only been fly fishing for 4 months. With casting, the best thing you can do is practice, practice, practice. And don't go to a body of water to practice either. Go to a park or somewhere with enough room. If you go to a lake to practice, you'll be tempted to try to catch fish instead of working on your casting skills.
In the beginning...I watched youtube videos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLfJBTctA4Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHofBrTUORE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0w6y6Kh1AtY
All the links have several videos in the series. The second link is hard to follow at times, but it does a fairly good job of teaching the double haul. The best thing about it though is that you can see what not to do.
I also read books. I bought the LL Bean book from Borders and checked out a Lefty Kreh book from the Orem library.
http://www.amazon.com/L-L-Bean-Ultimate-...490&sr=1-1
http://www.amazon.com/Lefty-Krehs-Presen...1592289746
I would go out a practice for 30 minutes during lunch or before work. I did this for about two weeks. And that was about it. I am not an expert at it now, but I can cast 40-60ft consistently. On land, I can double haul it to about 75-80ft, but on the water things don't quite work out the same. Part of that, as FlyGoddess mentions, is the quality of my line. (I have the Cabela's Genesis combo kit).
And because I can cast a fairly decent distance, I enjoy fly fishing just for the casting alone. I even received a nice complement about my form when I was at Tibble Fork a couple weeks ago despite catching a lot fewer fish than the person giving the complement.
Hope that helps.
-DrV
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I would consider myself a noob as well considering I have only been fly fishing for 4 months. With casting, the best thing you can do is practice, practice, practice. And don't go to a body of water to practice either. Go to a park or somewhere with enough room. If you go to a lake to practice, you'll be tempted to try to catch fish instead of working on your casting skills.
In the beginning...I watched youtube videos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLfJBTctA4Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHofBrTUORE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0w6y6Kh1AtY
All the links have several videos in the series. The second link is hard to follow at times, but it does a fairly good job of teaching the double haul. The best thing about it though is that you can see what not to do.
I also read books. I bought the LL Bean book from Borders and checked out a Lefty Kreh book from the Orem library.
http://www.amazon.com/L-L-Bean-Ultimate-...490&sr=1-1
http://www.amazon.com/Lefty-Krehs-Presen...1592289746
I would go out a practice for 30 minutes during lunch or before work. I did this for about two weeks. And that was about it. I am not an expert at it now, but I can cast 40-60ft consistently. On land, I can double haul it to about 75-80ft, but on the water things don't quite work out the same. Part of that, as FlyGoddess mentions, is the quality of my line. (I have the Cabela's Genesis combo kit).
And because I can cast a fairly decent distance, I enjoy fly fishing just for the casting alone. I even received a nice complement about my form when I was at Tibble Fork a couple weeks ago despite catching a lot fewer fish than the person giving the complement.
Hope that helps.
-DrV
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