New Reels
Casting Tips
Specials
Hi
All,
The weather's certainly
been having it say for the start of the season,
warm
and windy one minute then this the next.
Stunning!
It's encouraging to
see good flows in the local rivers after last seasons dry spell. Nice to get out
and enjoy the open spaces and to tempt those trout
New reels added
Casting Tip
Early season's always a good time to re
enforce good casting habits, improve
technique or simple to try something new.
I've covered this before but
it's such a common problem that it's a good one to focus on;
One common problem I see is the
inability to straighten a longer leader when making a basic short to medium
length casts, particularly if there's any sort of a head wind. And if you can't
consistently straighten a leader then on many occasions you
are going to spook your fish as the tippet and indicator lands in a heap on top
of him instead of landing well ahead. One of the main causes for this is not
stopping the rod at 12 o'clock on the back cast
Know this sounds
easy, but I know from watching many clients over many seasons that most of us
will struggle to focus on the 12 o'clock stop when we have a big trout rising a
few meters ahead. Maybe for us guys it's something to do with our ability to
multi task....
So the best place to sort it out is on the back lawn, park or to spend some
dedicated practice time on the river.
- Watch your rod tip all the way up and make sure it stops at 12 o'clock!
- Watch your line on
the back cast, direct it up into the sky behind and watch it to see that that is
where it's going
It's important to not
have any slack line when picking line up off the water, so make sure you are
stripping in. Pull down with your line hand as you pick up and also feel for the
waters tension (with out ripping the water) as you lift up as this will help
propel the line back behind you. If there is some slack line you'll find you have to
move the rod tip further back past the 12 o'clock point to take up this slack
The result of the 12 o'clock stop should be that the leader will turn over
better as you present it, so try it and see if it works for you.
A well constructed tapered
leader is also important particularly if you are using a longer one
as the power of the cast needs to be transmitted down the leader to get it to
roll over and straighten to present the fly well.
If you are new to fly fishing it's easier to start of with shorter leaders; I'd
suggest an 9 foot leader to which you add sections of tippet.
I like to use a heavy tapered
leader, 10 - 12 foot, 9 -12 lbs test to which I add 2 or 3 sections of
tippet to taper it down to what is desired. The reason being is that the heavy
butt section helps to transmit the energy and turn over a longer leader. In fact
at times I'll make up my own tapered leaders out of different strengths of Mono
and find them best.
A good quality fly line
makes the world of difference to how any rod will cast,
and the weight forwards
types will aid casting and help when casting into the wind.
So it's a good idea to buy the best you can afford. A quality fly line
like the new Ridge Lines will last for many years, so take that into account
when purchasing a line.
Specials
Tight Lines
Steve
Gerard
Flyshop NZ
13 Cameron St
Methven
Tel 03
3028448
Fax 03 3028441
www.flyshop.co.nz
Email
Steve
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