How much fly line?

"Tom Littleton" wrote


and can assure you, and any other damned soul that will listen,
that "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.


Now, I haven't read any of this thread since I posted in it a couple days
ago and WAY up there G

Curious how anything could go on so long and noticing a few names of folks
usually reasonable, I picked the name of a poster that has a history of
being worth reading and opened Tom's offering WAY down here.

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.

I guess I could check a few other posts further up to see if there is more
of value .... nah, the odds just seem too great against it ... have "fun"
ya'll