Jeff alluded to it, but there is a distinction between casting and fishing proficiency. Also, the type of casts that cut wind and deliver larger flies over a SW flat with the leader fully-extended for the first strip can be night-and-day different from the types of casts you want to make at short distance, over various types of moving water to deliver a drag-free drift.
My suggestion is to spend some 1-on-1 with a good instructor to learn about tight loops and how to create them consistently and with ease. Everything else is basically is an add-on or adjustment from the basic loop.
If you have experience using other fishing gear to work lures to interest fish, then you'll still catch things just fine with fly gear even when your casts are still not very pretty. Fish are fish.
On Thursday, March 23, 2017 at 12:36:58 PM UTC-4, Terry C wrote:
On Thursday, March 23, 2017 at 12:36:58 PM UTC-4, Terry C wrote:
+1 on the free Orvis classes.
On Thursday, March 23, 2017 at 11:23:34 AM UTC-4, Shane Barker wrote:I bought essentially the full gear package a few years ago while dating a girl who knew how to fly fish, but it's all just been collecting dust!I just need to get out there and learn but I need a strategy. Do I pay for one of these week-long courses? I had another fly fishing friend who lived in DC but is now in Texas... so that doesn't help.Any advice would be appreciated!Shane
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