Last week, I hosted Orvis Week at Swain’s Cay Lodge in The Bahamas, where the fishing was great, but several days required the anglers to deal with a stiff wind. Of course, Bahamian guides are accustomed to dealing with this problem–finding leeward . . .
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Video Pro Tips: How to Cast a Wide Loop
When you picture the perfect fly cast, it probably has a nice, tight loop that’s going to impress anyone watching. But as Matt Wilhelm points out in this video from Montana Angler, a tight loop can create problems when your casting heavy flies . . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Cast a Trout-Spey Rod
Fall is a great time for trout-Spey fishing, as the fish readily eat streamers and you can cover a lot of water. Plus, as Joe Rotter from Red’s Fly Shop explains, this method is very stress free, as there’s very little fly-changing, few tangles, and you rarely . . .
Read MoreVideos: Two Casts to Help You Achieve a Natural Drift
IFF Casting Instructor Guy Jeans has recently posted a couple of videos that demonstrate two methods for achieving a good dead drift with a dry fly when you are casting across fast currents. We’ve posted videos about the reach cast and wiggle cast (or . . .
Read MoreVideo: Two Tips to Make You a Better Caster
In the latest installment in the series about fly casting from the folks at Mad River Outfitters in Columbus, Ohio, Brian Flechsig goes back to basics: He focuses on two underrated yet foundational concepts of casting. After 30 years of teaching . . .
Read MoreVideo Pro Tips: How to Make a Skip Cast to Get Your Fly to Hard-to-Reach Fish
Fish love to hold in places where they are safe from predators or where they can hide before ambushing prey. That often means you need to drop your fly under an obstacle–a tree branch, some mangroves, a dock, . . .
Read MoreVideo: How to Cast in the Wind
There are lots of theories about the best way to make accurate fly casts in the wind, and there’s also a bit of old-wives’-tale balderdash you need to avoid (such as “casting under the wind”). In this video, Capt. Chris Myers makes the point that the . . .
Read MoreVideo: One Tip to Improve Your Double-Haul Cast
Once an angler has learned the basic cast and how to shoot line, the next step is mastering the double haul, which helps to generate more line speed and allows for longer casts. Most casters have no problem with . . .
Read MoreVideo: How To Make a Raised, Cross-Body Reach Cast
When you find a trout holding tight to the same bank you’re on, the presentation can be difficult. Of course, you could head downstream, cross, and approach the fish from the opposite bank, but this is not always possible or . . .
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