Larry L wrote:
"Tom Littleton" wrote
... "casting skill" accounts for a VERY small percentage of angling
success. Presentation involves so much more than distance casting or show
casting. Mostly, it involves getting to the sweet spot where the actual
cast is EASY, and avoiding being seen or heard by the fish.

...
Imagine my surprise to find thought of value in these murky depths !!

I post, again having read only 3 or 4 entries in this thread ( I quit
following when I see certain names more than twice in a thread ), only to
say that MY experience is exactly what the quoted passage above says. A
FEW times each year I wish for better casting skills, and even then almost
always better accuracy not distance, I'd kill for better approach and wading
ability and need them every single day of fishing. ...

Well, in Mike's defense he's talking about a whole different ballgame.
I'd imagine when you're standing waist deep in the Baltic casting big
streamers to small sea trout distance is more important than it is in
the kind of fishing me and you Tom usually do. Stealth isn't an issue
and wading ability means being able to stay on your feet when a wave
hits. Not my cup of tea, I prefer little trout streams, but different
strokes ... literally.

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Ken Fortenberry