Techniques of casting

On the surface, fly-fishing may seem easy . . . oh, no (The Oregonian)

An interesting article on lessons involving casting. Always worth reading to see if you can improve things a little and therefore catch a few more fish.

"Two o'clock, 10 o'clock. Two o'clock,10 o'clock. Two o'clock, 10 o'clock."

Chuck Fagan can sound like a broken record as he showsstudent after student how to properly cast a fly-fishingline.

But then you watch as he raises his fishing rod to 2o'clock and then snaps his wrist to bring it to 10o'clock. You watch as the line flies out like a frozenrope and falls perfectly on the ground and you think: Maybeit is just that simple.........

More here On the surface, fly-fishing may seem easy . . . oh, no (The Oregonian)

Thanks to Ian Ruder for this article.

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