Casting on grass is second best, for sure. Having said that, a good cast on grass is more difficult than on on water. The required end acceleration of the cast is accomplished by the movement of the wrist in the single handed cast. Period.

@@dwightyoder4883 If you really want to help just recommend people read Lefty Kreh's "Longer Distance Fly Casting" and you can stop making a fool of yourself in front of the entire neighborhood. Period.

Yeah, I can't say this is a pure Belgian cast because there is not constant tension on the line. The pick-up, however, makes the same initial oval movement so that's why I call it a Belgian cast. A true Belgian cast with constant tension is not as efficient though. It is especially hard to throw for distance. Call this what you like, but it's a great way to cast and keeps the weighted fly out of your ear.

There is a barely perceptible circular movement of the rod tip on the pick up instead of a straight line path pick up.

WF6 Scientific Angler Bonefish Taper.

That's a good way to mount!

Probably. It would depend more on your lrg length than height.

I don't ride faster than I can run. On purpose. Don't like broken bones.

Thanks. Lot of hours spread over 50 years of fly fishing to get to this point.

@@dwightyoder4883 im currently up in the UP near Iron River now trying to practice and find some more widespread beginner friendly streams to fish. Can I ask where you were fishing? Paint river perhaps?

@@Gloch9 you should stop in at Dark Waters Fly Shop in Iron River and talk with Seth. He can give you the lowdown on river conditions. You're definitely in a target rich environment. First place to go is the actual Iron River that runs by a nice little park right there in town. Just take N. 4th Avenue to Nanaimo Park. Not exactly a wilderness experience but there are some great little sections right there that are full of brookies. I'm okay with mentioning this specific spot because Dark Waters actually did a little video on fishing the Iron River in town. Otherwise, naming rivers in a public forum is off limits.

@@dwightyoder4883 thanks a bunch I’ll check it out. tight lines!

Glad this was helpful!

Thanks. I put up a newer video of our recent trip to show small stream techniques where I don't use a lot of typical fly casting. Useful for the Tenkara you are considering.

You will go some day and be great at it.

@@dwightyoder4883 i have a few trout flies i think would work

What patterns and what sizes do you have?

@@dwightyoder4883 i don't know what size or patter but i have 3 small boxes of different and very small dry flies

@@thomasjordan3845 the brook trout I love so much are usually not too picky. It's more about presenting it properly, which is the fun part anyway.

Ask unicycle.com.

All streamers. Muddler Minnows and olive woolly buggers.

Just for the heck of it, do you recognize the stream? Please don't put the name in the comment if you can.

@@dwightyoder4883 Haha I wish I did, I live downstate so do not get to fish the UP too much, most of the trout fishing I do it north/central area, the rivers I fish up there are no secret. Looks like you're on a pretty section who knows maybe I'll find myself fishing it at some point later in life

Gettin there.

I often can't tell whether I am left or right handed. And I think it changes from day to day.

Thanks! Means a lot coming from you. Had a chance to co-teach a class with Tom Jindra yesterday and felt inspired to work on some things. Next month will be my one year anniversary of attempting Skagit casting and I need to get my act together.

@@dwightyoder4883 awesome your doing it the right way

Workin' on it. It takes me about 30 minutes of casting to get to this point.

It's a 29". My favorite wheel.

@@dwightyoder4883 o wow thanks. Makes me feel better. Thank for making this vid. I feel like soon I’ll have free-mounting down.

I am using a GoPro 7 Black with no other special equipment. The music comes with the Video Editor on my Dell computer. Thanks for the comment. I started this little adventure in 2 handed casting in May, 2021 and progress is slow. But I think I am gradually getting there. :-) Just watched Skagit Revolution by Tom Larimer and am looking into incorporating some of the ideas he puts forward into my casting as well. Thanks for all you do for the art!

Thanks. A work in progress as always. Lots of tailing loops, unfortunately; looks like I need to adjust the stroke length, maybe by translating the top hand forward a little bit during the power stroke.

Well, that happens !

The easiest for me is the third method, hopping on the unicycle like I am going quickly up stairs. The other methods took longer for me.

@@dwightyoder4883 Can confirm. I was having a hard time free mounting but I quickly had success when trying the third one.

Bonjour Loic. Moi, j'habite dans le Sud des Etats-Unis. Merci pour le commentaire et j'espere que cette petite video pourra aider au developpement d'autres monocyclistes. "Free mount" etais une des choses les plus difficiles pour moi au debut.