wrote:

The "issue" (I'll use your word, but I don't consider it an "issue") is
that one shouldn't be false-casting double rigs - or at the very least,
novices should definitely not be doing so - and false-casting a nymph
should be, well, let's say the exception rather than the rule. Dave
said it, and therefore, I asked Dave why he thought one would do it. You
joined in with a smart-assed remark and so, on that "issue," you got an
"actual reply."

And there you are,
R

What an enormous pile of stinking ****.

You shouldn't false cast a nymph rig until you HAVE to false cast a
nymph rig to get it to where you want it to go. Which, in my case at
least, is frequently.

Granted, it takes some experience to avoid cluster****s, but it's
possible and not even all that difficult. Avoid the "tight loops" of dry
fly fishing and don't worry about whether the cast is pretty. One of the
two best nymph fisherman I know has about the ugliest casting style I've
ever seen.

If I'm using a lot of weight, or otherwise have a very cluster****able
rig, I'll throw the rig into the water on the backcast and use the drag
of the water to load the rod for the forward cast.

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