samanich
Well-known member
If this has already been asked many times, forgive me, but there's something I don't understand (actually, two questions).
When making your initial cast on still water, I have been making a bow and arrow cast just to get the line out and then just making like 5 false casts to get distance on the cast and get my fly out of the shallows. Is this the way it is supposed to be done?
Then, the second thing I don't understand is: do you have to do this every time? Because you cast the fly out, strip it back in, then you barely have any line out once again. So, do you start all over, making your series of false casts?
In all, I feel like a bull in a china shop with my casts (false casts accidentally hitting the water, etc.) so I think it will be a lot more work before I actually am able to catch a fish.
When making your initial cast on still water, I have been making a bow and arrow cast just to get the line out and then just making like 5 false casts to get distance on the cast and get my fly out of the shallows. Is this the way it is supposed to be done?
Then, the second thing I don't understand is: do you have to do this every time? Because you cast the fly out, strip it back in, then you barely have any line out once again. So, do you start all over, making your series of false casts?
In all, I feel like a bull in a china shop with my casts (false casts accidentally hitting the water, etc.) so I think it will be a lot more work before I actually am able to catch a fish.