One of the toughest challenges in learning to fly fish is getting off a good cast. I'm really grateful to Bob Shuey, owner of Neshannock Creek Fly Shop who reassured me that any cast which gets the fly where it should go and doesn't spook the fish is a good cast. That calmed my nerves enough to continue learning.
A well-done cast goes farther, easier and does more than any bad cast. Keeping that in mind here are a couple of ladies showing you how it's done. First, the amazing Spey casting of Jeong Park:
This one's of the "First Lady of fly fishing" Joan Wulff:
Taking the time to perfect your casting is a really valuable thing to do, because you'll find an amazing variety of specialty casts that will help you in any situation. Here's more with Joan Wulff demonstrating basic casts.
I've gotta go work on my roll cast! Lemme know how you do. :)
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Some relation to Lee Wulff, I take it?
Royal Wulff is one of my favorite dry flies, has been for decades.
Oh yeah, she was his mrs.! I was just sitting at my tying bench today thinking that I need to tie more dries 'cause I don't use 'em often enough.
The Royal Coachman has worked well for me, but the classic Adams has been a great producer too.
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