Solving Fly-Casting Problems

by Lefty Kreh

• ISBN13: 9781585740345
• ISBN10: 1585740349
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2000-10-01
• Publisher: The 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.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Lefty the Wizard	v
Lefty's Principles of Fly Casting	1	(2)
Footwork Is Important	3	(3)
Inefficient Roll Cast	6	(2)
Efficient Roll Cast	8	(2)
Elevated Roll Cast	10	(1)
Long-Distance Roll Cast	11	(2)
Side Roll Cast	13	(6)
Aerial Roll Cast	19	(4)
Learn to Tighten Your Loop	23	(3)
When the Wind Is on Your Wrong Side	26	(2)
Casting in Tight Places	28	(1)
Change-in-Direction Cast	29	(3)
The Tuck Cast	32	(2)
Stack Cast	34	(3)
Dropping the Rod for Slack	37	(2)
Ripping Line off the Water	39	(1)
Throwing an Extra-High Backcast	40	(3)
Mending Line Properly	43	(4)
Reach Cast	47	(3)
Controlling Line on the Shoot	50	(2)
Extra-Effort Cast	52	(2)
Using a Mousetrap	54	(2)
Using a Hula Hoop	56	(1)
Skip Cast	57	(3)
Tailing Loops	60	(5)
Loose Line at Your Feet	65	(4)
Catching the Line to Examine or Replace the Fly	69	(4)
Rod Angle	73	(8)
Casting Weighted Flies and Leaders	81	(3)
The Dump Roll Cast	84	(3)
Casting into the Wind	87	(3)
Short Index	90