A little practice

Well, I finally got lines, leaders, flies for my upcoming adventure. Then I
headed out to the driveway for some practice. Wow! I suck. Absolutely no
control beyong about 40 feet. Good control only to about 35 feet. Well, if
you don't count the little mountain my leader makes with a fly on top on
every fifth or sixth cast. LOL. I'm afraid to try any of the heavier
flies. Oh, well give me a minute.



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Bob La Londe typed:
Well, I finally got lines, leaders, flies for my upcoming adventure. Then
I headed out to the driveway for some practice. Wow! I suck. Absolutely
no control beyong about 40 feet. Good control only to
about 35 feet. Well, if you don't count the little mountain my
leader makes with a fly on top on every fifth or sixth cast. LOL. I'm
afraid to try any of the heavier flies. Oh, well give me a
minute.

Okay, but only a minute. It sounds like your forward stroke may be a
little slow and you're not coming to a hard stop. Also, try aiming a little
higher above the target and see if the leader straightens out all the way. A
little slack in the leader/tippet is usually desirable anyway.

35 feet is usually the max distance I cast unless I'm on larger water. You
can fool a lot of fish at 35 feet. Well, that's what I've heard, anyway.
I've been able to fool a few at 35 feet.
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TL,
Tim
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"Tim J." wrote in message
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Bob La Londe typed:
Well, I finally got lines, leaders, flies for my upcoming adventure. Then
I headed out to the driveway for some practice. Wow! I suck. Absolutely
no control beyong about 40 feet. Good control only to
about 35 feet. Well, if you don't count the little mountain my
leader makes with a fly on top on every fifth or sixth cast. LOL. I'm
afraid to try any of the heavier flies. Oh, well give me a
minute.

Okay, but only a minute.

LOL. I meant to tie on one of those heavy flies and see how it works. LOL.

It sounds like your forward stroke may be a little slow and you're not
coming to a hard stop.

Hmmmmm.... I'll have to practice speeding up my forward stroke. Its hard
to do without whip cracking the leader at the transition behind you and
sending your fly into orbit. LOL.

Also, try aiming a little higher above the target and see if the leader
straightens out all the way.

I did get a little better layout by aiming higher.

A
little slack in the leader/tippet is usually desirable anyway.

Yeah you want to lay it down in a slight zig zag on the water when fishing
down stream or across current don't you.

35 feet is usually the max distance I cast unless I'm on larger water. You
can fool a lot of fish at 35 feet.

Actually my best day fly fishing I was standing waist deep in a grass bed
and just barely laying out my fly at the top of a ripple. It was more like
flipping than like fly casting. I know you can catch fish up close and
personal.

Well, that's what I've heard, anyway. I've been able to fool a few at 35
feet.

I experimented a little with castng style and I even tried my back cast by
bring my arm across my body instead of straight back. When I did that my
front cast seemed to lay out really nice, but my accuracy was horrible.
Kinda like sidearming with a spinning reel.

Oh well. More practice is definitely in order.


--
Bob La Londe

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Jig Fishing - Tips and Techniques Contest
Courtesy of Siebler Custom Baits
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Bob La Londe wrote:
I experimented a little with castng style and I even tried my back cast by
bring my arm across my body instead of straight back. When I did that my
front cast seemed to lay out really nice, but my accuracy was horrible.
Kinda like sidearming with a spinning reel.

Oh well. More practice is definitely in order.

This site may help you.....or have you running back to your conventional
gear. ;-)

http://www.sexyloops.com/index.shtml

brians

"Bob La Londe" wrote in
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Hmmmmm.... I'll have to practice speeding up my forward stroke. Its
hard to do without whip cracking the leader at the transition behind
you and sending your fly into orbit. LOL.


Don't forget to wait until your back cast straightens out before starting
your forward cast. The more line you have out, the longer the wait.

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Scott
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