Lefty Kreh's Solving Fly-Casting Problems, 2nd How to Improve Your Distance and Accuracy, and Make Casts in Any Situation

by Kreh, Lefty

• ISBN13: 9781599210865
• ISBN10: 159921086X
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-11-01
• Publisher: Lyons Press

Summary

Casting a fly line is truly an art, and in Solving Fly- Casting Problems, Lefty Kreh shows how to get more distance, avoid tangles, and cast under conditions that would make fishing impossible for other anglers. Lefty begins with the fundamentals common to all good casts, and goes on to diagnose and eliminate a variety of casting problems, including how to: tame tailing loops, cast in windy conditions, change the direction of a cast quickly and accurately, get wet flies deeper and faster with a tuck cast, avoid trees and bushes behind the angler by throwing an extra-high backcast, skip the fly across water to reach under low-lying branches, and much more. Solving Fly-Casting Problems is written with the insight of a half century of teaching experience, and will be a great help to fly fishers at all skill levels.

Author Biography

Lefty Kreh is an internationally known master, thought of by many anglers as the father of fly casting as it is practiced today. He is the author of Fly Fishing in Salt Water, Practical Fishing Knots, and Solving Casting Problems. He lives in Maryland.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Lefty the Wizard	p. v
Foreword	p. vii
Lefty's Principles of Fly Casting	p. 1
Footwork Is Important	p. 3
Inefficient Roll Cast	p. 6
Efficient Roll Cast	p. 8
Elevated Roll Cast	p. 10
Long-Distance Roll Cast	p. 11
Side Roll Cast	p. 13
Aerial Roll Cast	p. 19
Learn to Tighten Your Loop	p. 23
When the Wind Is on Your Wrong Side	p. 26
Casting in Tight Places	p. 28
Change-in-Direction Cast	p. 29
The Tuck Cast	p. 32
Stack Cast	p. 34
Dropping the Rod for Slack	p. 37
Ripping Line off the Water	p. 39
Throwing an Extra-High Backcast	p. 40
Mending Line Properly	p. 43
Reach Cast	p. 47
Controlling Line on the Shoot	p. 50
Extra-Effort Cast	p. 52
Using a Mousetrap	p. 54
Using a Hula Hoop	p. 56
Skip Cast	p. 57
Tailing Loops	p. 60
Loose Line at Your Feet	p. 65
Catching the Line to Examine or Replace the Fly	p. 69
Rod Angle	p. 73
Casting Weighted Flies and Leaders	p. 81
The Dump Roll Cast	p. 84
Casting into the Wind	p. 87
Short Index	p. 90
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