Welcome to another installment of “Ask a Fly-Fishing Instructor,” in which we answer readers’ questions about their biggest fly-casting problems. Reader Marc asked for help with this: . . .
Read MorePro Tips: How to Avoid Casting “Creep”
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Pro Tip: The ONE Thing You Can Do to Become a Better Fly Fisherman in the New Year
Written by: Kip Vieth, Wildwood Float Trips
You don’t have to cast as well as the late, great instructor Bill Cairns. . . but it sure wouldn’t hurt.
A year has ended and a new one begins. Like most people, I look back and reflect on what the previous year has taught me or what insights I might have gleaned from all my time guiding. I . . .
Read MoreClassic Video Tip: How to Make a Serpentine Cast
Written by: Peter Kutzer
Welcome to another installment of “Ask an Orvis Fly-Fishing Instructor,” with me, Peter Kutzer. In this episode, I demonstrate how to make a serpentine cast, a slack-line presentation which. . .
Read MorePro Tips: There is NO “Correct” Casting Style, So Find Your Own
There’s more than one way to achieve the gorgeous cast demonstrated by the late, great instructor Bill Cairns.
The idea that there is a single, “correct” casting motion is one of the great fallacies in fly fishing. Spend enough time at the casting pool at a consumer show, and you’ll see several big-name. . .
Read MoreVideo Pro Tips: How to Skagit-Cast with a Single-Hand Rod
Those anglers who fish almost exclusively with single-hand rods might feel a little left out when discussions turn to Spey and Skagit casts, but that shouldn’t be the case. In this great video, . . .
Read MoreTuesday Tip: How to Make Long Casts Without Hauling
Here’s the Latest video in Orvis casting instructor Pete Kutzer’s series on getting started in fly fishing. Every fly caster wants to be able to cast farther, but many struggle with the double . . .
Read MorePodcast: Switch vs Spey, with Pete Kutzer
I get repeated questions about the differences between switch and Spey: people are often interested in two-handed fly fishing but not sure which set up they need. Even though I think I have . . .
Read MoreVideo Tuesday Tip: How to Make a Double Spey Cast with a Single- or Two-Handed Rod
Here’s another quick-and-dirty fly-casting video that I made with Pete Kutzer of the Orvis Fly Fishing Schools. Previously, Pete demonstrated the Circle Spey cast, which is useful when . . .
Read MorePro Tips: 3 Ways to Deal with Casting in the Wind
To move your rod tip to the downwind side, don’t angle the rod across your body (left). Instead, just angle the rod so the tip is downwind.
In the mid 1990s, I spent a summer guiding on Alaska’s Copper River, which drains into Lake Iliamna. It’s a region known for constant, strong wind, so I spent a lot of time helping clients . . .
Read MoreVideo Tuesday Tip: How to Make a Better Roll Cast
Here’s the third in our new series of quick-and-dirty casting-instruction videos featuring Pete Kutzer of the Orvis Fly Fishing Schools. Most of us were taught to make a roll cast by hammering . . .
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