Fly Fishing Learner

[750rideruk]

Just had my first ever day fly fishing at Scaling. Am struggling to get distance in casting. Has anyone got any tips how i can improve?

[BriC]

Jun 12, 2018 19:08:46 GMT 750rideruk said:

Just had my first ever day fly fishing at Scaling. Am struggling to get distance in casting. Has anyone got any tips how i can improve?

 Find a quiet field somewhere where you dont get bothered and practice over grass until you get a feel for how the rod works, some rods are more tippy than others so it takes a bit of working out how to get the best out of your blank

Once youve done that it might be worth getting a days tuition in somewhere

[jimk2]

I had a days tuition once one a local trout lake, the lad actually gave me it free when my lads were bubble float fishing.

I then bought a pike fly outfit and gave up, But last year I had another go as I had a ticket to fish for pike on an unfished trout water.

I went to Sharpley and there was loads of lads there that helped me out.

I then got a lesson, I think the guy who gave me the lesson was on the books at Sharpley. It was well worth the money.

[Mick]

I'm new to fly fishing too, but I've spent all my time on the rivers so far, at first I really struggled with my casting but after over dosing on YouTube vids I went out and attempted to put it all into practice, and after a few fustrating hours it all started to come together, I think one of my problems was me!! I was just over thinking and concentrating to hard whilst casting and getting myself wound up, so I slowed myself down relaxed and that helped, I was then able to start to feel the rod loading on the back cast before bringing it forward, but the beauty of being on and in the river is you don't need to cast very far as a lot of other fly anglers on here told me, I think once you've got the timing right and a steady comfortable rhythm worked out on your cast for short casts the distance can then be worked on and hopefully will come easier

[Mick]

Also what I was doing was trying to keep my elbow in and cast directly over my shoulder, a bit like when they used to trap a sponge under your arm pit and if the sponge fell out you were doing it wrong, but what I've learned is that was correct and true many years ago on older rods but now with the advent of carbon rods they are much much more forgiving and you don't nessacerly have to worry about that to much these days, I certainly don't and can cast about 30 feet or more without keeping my elbow tight in ....I also find it a lot easier as well

[750rideruk]

Thanks a lot for the replies will keep trying and maybe get some tuition

[markfishes]

is a funny one fly fishing the casting is more in the wrist let the rod do the work try to imagine your flicking an apple off the rod tip used to cast full 35yd lines at Lockwood for a take sometimes practice makes perfect