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Hey all you fly fisherman!
Ok so a while back I got myself a nice starter setup (would have to look at it again to get name and specs) anyways, it seems to be a decent "learn how to fly fish" rig from what I've heard in reviews and from some shops.
So I've watched video's, I've read books and magazines, I've gone out and tried...
It seems that I can get the "clock" positions right on my casting, and even get it to where i get about ooohh...4-5' of line out there above my head going...
My problem is, when I go to release the line forward to make the actual "cast" everything seems and feels right (then again what do I know) but I see the line going forward like "HEY! We're going to go out there about 10-12 feet" only to see it....come back toward me, as if the wind were blowing the line and fly back at me, and then to see it all kind of crunched up together only a few feet away from me...and yes, no wind, no breeze...I even tried to do it with a breeze and cast WITH the breeze to see if that would propel the line forward only to get the same result...
What am I doing wrong??? How much line do I need going over my head in a nice straight back and forth motion (not making a huge loop above my head but what they said in the video's it should be, a loop no more than about 4-5 inches wide total, nice smooth whipping motion using the wrists as if actually using a real "whip" but without the "pop" at the ends, hence "smooth")??
Teach me oh great masters of fly fishing! Fly fishing is something I want to do ALL the time if I can. Since I was small, I would sneak into my room and make fly's on my own from random things like pillow feathers, some thread my mom had in her sowing kit, sometimes some glue, some hooks I had, some fuzz, whatever....I still have those fly's I made when I was around 12, especially the blue/brown one i had made (my first one) which landed me the one and only trout I caught, and I used it on a spinning reel setup, not a fly fishing pole! I've always wanted to be a fly-fisherman, doing not only the creeks and the steams, but also the rivers, the banks, the brackish waters, off boats, on the ocean, you name it! I dare say i'd prefer fly fishing over conventional means....
Help me become a good fly angler!
Kong
Ok so a while back I got myself a nice starter setup (would have to look at it again to get name and specs) anyways, it seems to be a decent "learn how to fly fish" rig from what I've heard in reviews and from some shops.
So I've watched video's, I've read books and magazines, I've gone out and tried...
It seems that I can get the "clock" positions right on my casting, and even get it to where i get about ooohh...4-5' of line out there above my head going...
My problem is, when I go to release the line forward to make the actual "cast" everything seems and feels right (then again what do I know) but I see the line going forward like "HEY! We're going to go out there about 10-12 feet" only to see it....come back toward me, as if the wind were blowing the line and fly back at me, and then to see it all kind of crunched up together only a few feet away from me...and yes, no wind, no breeze...I even tried to do it with a breeze and cast WITH the breeze to see if that would propel the line forward only to get the same result...
What am I doing wrong??? How much line do I need going over my head in a nice straight back and forth motion (not making a huge loop above my head but what they said in the video's it should be, a loop no more than about 4-5 inches wide total, nice smooth whipping motion using the wrists as if actually using a real "whip" but without the "pop" at the ends, hence "smooth")??
Teach me oh great masters of fly fishing! Fly fishing is something I want to do ALL the time if I can. Since I was small, I would sneak into my room and make fly's on my own from random things like pillow feathers, some thread my mom had in her sowing kit, sometimes some glue, some hooks I had, some fuzz, whatever....I still have those fly's I made when I was around 12, especially the blue/brown one i had made (my first one) which landed me the one and only trout I caught, and I used it on a spinning reel setup, not a fly fishing pole! I've always wanted to be a fly-fisherman, doing not only the creeks and the steams, but also the rivers, the banks, the brackish waters, off boats, on the ocean, you name it! I dare say i'd prefer fly fishing over conventional means....
Help me become a good fly angler!
Kong