rw wrote:

Jeff Miller wrote:

rw wrote:


Casting a nine-weight and a heavy fly for distance isn't pretty,
especially in the wind, and even more especially in a kayak in the
wind. The kayak puts you lower above the water surface, so you can't
get as much distance as when shallow wading or when casting from a
real boat while standing.

Forget about pretty casts. Try using the water to load the road.
Throw the fly behind you into the water, then use the water loading
to send out more line on the forward cast. You can do this several
times, finally shooting line on a forward cast to your target.


or...get the line moving off the water, and throw the backcast
straight up...or as straight up as possible...it aint pretty, but it
seems to work.


If it's windy and you're throwing a heavy fly, that's likely to lead to
problems, and possibly to piercing of tongues and other fleshy appendages.

The best sal****er casters I've seen use a quite different techniques
from classic light-gear flycasting. They tend to cast more side-arm and
to haul and shoot like crazy. The backcast is nearly always
unobstructed, delicacy of presentation is often not as important as
distance, and the most serious problem is often the wind.


if you're sitting in a kayak, it shouldn't be a problem. if you're
standing up in a boat, it might be. i've done it in a lot of different
conditions with no problem. but, hell, i admit i know less than
jack**** about casting form.

double hauling is the surest method...but, with my talent, that'd be
sure to get a hook in me.

jeff