casting for casting advice

On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 09:13:48 -0700, "Blain Olbert"
wrote:



On a philosophical note, why care what others think about your casting
style? I never met a mortal man or woman that was supremely competent to
pass judgment on somebody else's casting.

In my case it's because I can't lay the blasted fly down properly as
much of the time as I'd like. The whole line tends to flail the water
instead of settling gently and then the tippet dropping the little
thing in place like a naturally falling bug. Distance where I fish is
of little importance. 30 feet is fine with me (and wider than some
parts of some of the streams I fish.). Putting the fly down right
takes a minimum of good casting. Most good casting seems to look a
lot the same, when I watch those who catch fish.

So I want to be able to do that. Then do that where I'm sure the fish
are. Once I can do that, I'll not worry all that much about how it
looks, though I'll still want it to _feel_ right.

--

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