Casting Techniques & Rigging (includes leders and tippet sizes)

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page index:
casting
roll casting
snake roll
soft hackles
techniques
leaders & tippet

links:
Lessons with Dan P on Fishing page
wetflyswing episode with Kelly Galoup on dry fly fishing

CASTING

2024-12 "drifting" on the backcast and the clock myth from theflyfishingforum
link to this article with more details on "drifting" on the backcast

Stop Looking at Your Backcast - Troutbitten to improve cast accuracy

2024-06-16 todo - watch and document remaing casts in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDGsGLVj_AY

video 2:13 of guy with line downstream left maybe snake roll to perpendicular

video on how mend angle and tension affect swinging and how to maximize the swing

video on single handed snake roll - rod tip is lowercase e shape and ends in roll cast; downsteam bank right perspective

ROLL CASTS

Simon Gawesworth,  British guy who did the Rio Single Spey video and also does Far Bank videos Episode 11 at 7:30
8:05 good one
8:22 bad one
9:47 line needs to have weight at the back, it's very hard to roll cast where you've got the line wieght at the front (which is better for an overhead casting lines)
Rio's is called Single Handed Spey
10:24 chapter 3 the roll cast but he starts by talking about forward cast
12:00 least amount of line on the water is goal "small anchor"
12:20 point p (contact point of line on water) must always be in front of you
13:15 train track should aways be parallel to line on the water "forward stroke should be absolutely parallel to that line. parallel like a train track" [I think this means direction of cast must be same as pickup direction, so I searched that and Orvis says use snake roll to reposition]
13:30 if you diverge you get a bad roll cast (that looks a lot like mine)

this guy's video shows a technique for repositioning when only a small amount of line is out (e.g. nymphing a near location)
stand facing downstream line position
2:15 lift entire line and leader and tippet and fly off water
keep rod high and without moving feet rotate at waist so shoulders are square at target
2:50 fly is his only anchor and it lands upstream (like sweeping spay cast to peg in ground exercise)
3:05 plane of anchor travel must always be outside plane of cast travel
3:28 casting from left shoulder (must still have anchor plane outside of cast plan


SNAKE ROOL

good video from Orvis    recommended for changing direction when doing a roll cast

 

 

 

SOFT HACKLES

How to fish soft hackles video

 

 

techniques:   

troutbitten on fishing two streams at the same time "The Tracer Streamer Concept"

troutbitten on putting small shot at yarn indicator when conditions require     "The TB Yarn Indy Hack" (local .pdf)

2023-01-15 swimphing by midcurrent
bits of tubing will be used to attach and detach your choice of "loose" floats, such as Raven Balsa floats. In the leader's mid-section and tippet apply your choice of shot or tungsten, not in a clumped bunch but at regular intervals. This will allow the leader to sink more uniformly (like a sink tip), thus making for easier spey casting.

think about fishing sculpin patterns:
" In Pennsylvania, the Mottled Sculpin is found in all of the state’s watersheds."

spey casts and lines   local .html with screen caputers from DVD - needs reformatted if printing is desired
spey caster's dictionary   

Skagit vs. Scandi on FlyFishUSA
Spey Line Tips on FlyFishUSA

spey lines:

Scientific Anglers Spey Chart to find lines for given rod

Scientific Anglers Present 2 Handed Lines and Spey Lite lines

 

Rio Spey lines used to be rioproducts.com now part of farbank.com
Rio "Short" Lines for 12'6" and under, I have 13'
have 2021 .pdf of entire line on HDD, presently at desktop\spey

look into Airflow too

videos Andy likes at skagitmaster.com
      
single handed spey local .jpgs of magazine pages : intro   p2    snap-T   double spey p2

mending 404   

midcurrent on tandem flies  
midcurrent on tandem fles different than above   

trout beads 404 
 
rich vs. poor trout streams 404   

Lake Erie tribs steelhead technique 404 
  
usangler.com Fly Fishing For Beginners   

center pin tips 404     

Steelhead Setup 404  

globalflyfisher.com on czech nymphing     

Fly Fishing Techniques 404       

western U.S. flyfishing magazine 404  

tight loops, trailing loops, dealing with the wind    local .html with DVD screen captures


casting like cup of coffee and paintbrush   local .jpg of flyfisherman article

Paul Weamer at Fly Fisherman magazin 404 

anglerstonic.com on Kelly Galloup streamer 101 and big browns in fall


Leader and sink tip notes from Dan 2015-05-03:
Dan likes Rio leaders to turn flies over when they have shot on or 4 streamers as they are stiffer.  he likes the Orvis leaders for dry flies because they're more supple
the Rio sync tip Dan sold me is a 6 or 7 IPS 24 pound which is about the equivalent of a t11 it will sink faster than the t8
Dan recommends 12 pound ultra-green or 10 pound Ultra green for swinging streamers for steel head
Dan thinks the name of the guide who works for him that I saw yesterday was Alex
existing streamer stripper on spare 6wt would be good for fishing a pond, etc just to get down a bit

2015-04-28 According to Nick Demarte set hook downstream or towards shore on the downstream side of your position

Eliminating the Swinging Loop    local. jpg of flyfisherman article  2

Better Double Haul by Lefty Kreh  local .jpg of flyfisherman article   2
Another magazine article on Double Haul by Lefty Kreh    p1   p2   p3   p4

Orvis youtube video on dry dropper rig where dropper is free on tippet between two knots video at 1:47

How to Set Up a Simple 90-Degree Nymph Rig (and Why You Should Try It) - Orvis News

 

leaders and tippet

recipe for True All-Purpose Leader - The Harvey Gold - Troutbitten

recipes    another that is now 404   

tippet to fly sizes 404   archive.org link    

Dan Pribanic 2023 video on his nymphing recipe: 9 foot 0x leader cut down to 7.5', swivel with weight 4" off tag, 18" 0x fluoro to egg or bead, 12" 1x flouro to bugger/wooly bugger /nymph

 

 

last updated:    Sun 2024-12-22 7:33 AM