After the debarcle of Laughing Trout and Chortling Elk mocking my efforts, at last there's some good news from project fly caster. I can now cast a strait line. Not very far, but its actually going where I'm flicking it!
It is not difficult to learn how to cast; but it is difficult to learn not to snap the flies off at every throw.
Doh! Still a way to go then.
But, remember the back cast is the foundation, and that unless it is solid the superstructure will be rickety. Remember also that the motion of the rod through the air should be almost, or quite noiseless. Nothing offends the angler's ear more than the "swish" of a fly-rod. It is like a false note to an educated musical ear. It indicates a degree of force about as appropriate to the end in view, as a burglar's jimmy to opening a watch. This should never be, except possibly when casting directly against the wind or for distance only.
Hmm maybe I should get some lessons?
Calling Fly Fishing a hobby is like calling Brain Surgery a job.
Perhaps if I just dropped a little more cash on a new rod?
Thanks for reading
SBW.
PS Dog Lady was at the pond again this morning, she put a lot of effort into not looking at me!
It is not difficult to learn how to cast; but it is difficult to learn not to snap the flies off at every throw.
Charles Dudley Warner, 1862
Doh! Still a way to go then.
But, remember the back cast is the foundation, and that unless it is solid the superstructure will be rickety. Remember also that the motion of the rod through the air should be almost, or quite noiseless. Nothing offends the angler's ear more than the "swish" of a fly-rod. It is like a false note to an educated musical ear. It indicates a degree of force about as appropriate to the end in view, as a burglar's jimmy to opening a watch. This should never be, except possibly when casting directly against the wind or for distance only.
Henry P. Wells, "Fly-Rods and Fly-Tackle", 1885
Hmm maybe I should get some lessons?
Calling Fly Fishing a hobby is like calling Brain Surgery a job.
Paul Schullery
Perhaps if I just dropped a little more cash on a new rod?
Thanks for reading
SBW.
PS Dog Lady was at the pond again this morning, she put a lot of effort into not looking at me!