Ken sez

Be careful, John. You don't even want to suggest that casting
a fly rod is the essence of fly fishing.

Just you wait and see, next thing you know the usual wisenheimers
will be calling you an elitist.

Maybe, but it took me years to get beyond fly fish catching to fly fishing.
It's still mind boggling to me that a 13 year old got it the first day!!!

FWIW, my grandson takes after me He aint got it yet g And after hours
and days of practice his casts still look like wimpy hitler salutes g Not
that he knows what that is g

The 13 year old would cast and look over to me and say, "That was not a very
good cast was it?" "Nope," I'd say, "What was wrong with it?" And he would
point out what was wrong. And, the kid would keep working until he got it
right! He said he'd never been fly fishing but saw guys doing it on TV and
got interested.

Thanks to all those guys who produce those shows. Keep them coming!
Good luck!
John