Fly Fishing Casting Tricks

Try These Fly Fishing Casting Tricks To Hit Your Target Every Time

 Fly fishing is considered an art by some fishermen, but as in most sports and activities, practice makes perfect.  This statement is certainly applicable to the art of fly casting.  This is one of the most important aspects of the sport of fly fishing; if you don't master this skill you will rarely set the fly where you want it; master this skill and you will be dropping your fly right where the fish are located.  So, following these fly fishing casting tricks will help you hone your casting skills and certainly increase your enjoyment of this fantastic sport. 

We have gathered a few tips to help you improve your casting technique and will certainly make you a better caster.  Just by incorporating these few fly fishing casting tricks and tips into your casting you should see a marked improvement in your casts and accuracy.

Tip #1 -- All experienced fly casters have one thing in common -- they all are smooth casters. So, follow their lead and practice being smooth! The key is to smooth out your back casts and forward casts with equal timing. An easy way to do this is to think about a "waltz" tempo (or 1-2-3) to achieve smoothness in casting.  However, this doesn't mean a constant speed cast but suggests a movement that smoothly accelerates to a stop at the end of each casting stroke. So, the real key here is "timing".  As you improve your timing, the distance and accuracy will come. The bad news is that if your timing is bad, all the power you can muster won’t help the situation.

Fly Fishing Casting Tips - The Roll Cast

Tips #2 --  Many fly fishermen with considerable experience in baitcasting or spincasting have a tendency to aim at the water when they cast. However, if you are fly casting, this practice generally spells trouble by piling up your line, your leader, and fly. You need to remember that if your leader and fly don't turn over by the end of the cast, your cast is flawed regardless of how much line you sent out. The real trick to an accurate fly cast is to aim your cast approximately at eye level above your target and allow the leader to turn over and straighten. 

At this point you will want to follow your line/leader down to the water after having made the stop at the end of your casting stroke. The result will be that the leader and fly will turn over and will make an accurate, non-disturbing presentation. There is another problem when you aim at the water; it will force the fly caster to open up his loop on the forward cast by stopping the rod far too forward.

So as you, the fly fisherman, work towards perfecting your casting skills, start with these two fly fishing casting tricks and tips and see if you don't notice a dramatic improvement in smoothness and accuracy of cast.