Frustrated? How to Improve Your Fly Cast in ONE EASY Practice Session

[@rschiwal]

My first day of fly fishing lessons, I was shooting the line and nailing 70 feet. The second day I added a fly and water and wind and improved to 20 feet. My first cast hooked a fish, I set the hook and then learned that my knot tying was shit because I was fishless and flyless. I congratulated my Orvis instructors. They took a lousy fisherman and made him into a lousy fly fisherman.

[@sidneyromine9804]

I see and understand what I am doing wrong now. Thank you Sir. I have thought about video myself when I practice casting.

[@FlyFishDan]

Glad to help :))

[@chetmacdonald9009]

Double Haul IPA, on water you can use its resistence, and the haul line in your hand, to load up the rods spring, up off the water and forward with a cast or false cast, double haulin range, eats up all the slack, drops like a feather.

[@davidlloyd7109]

Thanks Dan I know this recording is over a year ago but it’s great advise 10 to 2 I must mentally ingrain this in my mind and get the muscle memory going God bless Dave Lloyd UK

[@FlyFishDan]

Thanks Dave - I appreciate you being a part of my channel!

[@andrepauze2130]

Hey Dan !! The best video 🎥 for beginner I have see yet. Simple and eazy to onderstand. Thx u 😊 Fish on 🎣!!

[@FlyFishDan]

Happy to help!

[@jasonhumphry5836]

Some times I don't fish and watch my step son fish as I've caught many fish in my life time a fellow fisherman taught my step son to fly fish with a spinning rod and he was totally destroying blue gills with every cast after 6 hours of watching him I decided to fish my own ways and techniques but I tell you what I only caught 3 blue gills in a hour Joey my boy just keep catching them !!!!

[@BryanWentFishing]

Yup it does get frustrating at first. Some awesome tips there Dan. For me, my cast got better after I let go of the urge to cast faaaar. It got further on its own eventually. Presenting the fly and Accuracy > casting distance in my opinion.

[@FlyFishDan]

Glad it helped - and well said!

[@stevescuba1978]

I have rarely needed to cast past 30-40 feet while flyfishing. I can normally roll cast that far. I'm sure there are scenarios in which a very long cast is necessary, but I haven't found it yet. If I need to cast 100 feet, I'll bring a spinning rod

[@nellieupnorth4960]

Fantastic video!! Great tips... I am a beginner and definitely have been doing a lot of the "NOPES" Thank you!

[@seribas]

One of the better casting vids I’ve seen

[@FlyFishDan]

Glad it was helpful! Keep at it...you'll get there :))

[@FlyFishDan]

Thank you, Cheers!

[@feltn78]

Great tips, yes in the beginning it can be very frustrating. One little tip that really helped me was to on the back cast wrist flick at the end was to stop the rod tip at a slight upward angle. You can use the wrist, it seems natural but the key is to use it at the very end as a speed up stop .

[@FlyFishDan]

Great tip!

[@charlespaynter8987]

Thanks Dan. Just sent this round to my friends who came with me recently to the local reservoir & are trying to get to grips with fly fishing. Very informative.👌

[@FlyFishDan]

Love that. Thanks!

[@jaytaylor2435]

Great video. You're a good teacher 👍

[@FlyFishDan]

Thank you!

[@jaytaylor2435]

You're welcome. Thank you for your time to make such a great video.

[@noelslater822]

Thanks Dan, very helpful and much appreciated! i still need LOTS of practice with the double haul!

[@kevinorton2552]

Picked up a cheap fly combo today and wanted to see what all the fuss is about. Watched some videos on how to cast and practiced for like 4 hours while I had a spinner cast out. Thanks to this video I now know what I need to work on so I don’t adopt bad habits and I was doing more things right than I thought. Haha! Thanks for the education! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@FlyFishDan]

You bet - happy to help!

[@jhonatanharzdorf3375]

Thank you! Best explaining ever, watched a ton of videos but this was by far the best one.

[@FlyFishDan]

Glad it helped!

[@flybookies4403]

You probably haven't seen many good video instructions.

[@MaxisGameplays]

Always wear some sort of glasses when casting should be the number 1 tip. It's not very fun to get a hook in your eye.

[@FlyFishDan]

That's a good tip!

[@flybookies4403]

With the new rod and line techniques, there are now also new casting techniques. Swinging the line back and forth in the air is part of the old casting style.

[@FlyFishDan]

False casting is the primary essence of casting a fly rod - old and new

[@gauloiseguy]

Been fly fishing for the first time and pretty stoked. Had a great time while it lasted. This video, among others, helped out a lot. Got two handfuls of semi decent casts out in one and a half hour. Then my tip section broke clean (literally a clean, straight break with no splintering) and the fun was over. It cut my session way short (luckily I brought my regular fishing rod to keep fishing) Gonna try to get a new top section under warranty as I did mess up but not in a way that should have broken that rod. Bought a decent brand as well (Greys) as I learned doing stuff like this on the cheap is often more expensive than just buying a decent starter kit. To be more precise, I bought the Greys Fin 9#5 combo. Leaves me with a question. Warranty asside, how common is it this happens? Did I just have the worst luck? And how sensible is it to buy a spare top section for the rods you own as I like to go out with the spares I need for a common fishing day. Any other tips you might have on this subject are very welcome.

[@FlyFishDan]

Sorry to hear that, that sucks when that happens. Typically a rod break will happen because there is either a significant scratch or gouge in the rod blank - usually caused by something falling on it, closing it in a car door, or when a heavy fly comes back at hits the rod during a cast, stuff like that. It’s also possible that there could’ve been a defect in the manufacturing. Hope they cover it under warranty for you!

[@gauloiseguy]

@@FlyFishDan Thanks for replying! We'll see. I'm not rich but I can cover some medium range rods and spares if needed. Rather have some spares than losing my rare free time. Your reaction confirmed (for me) it's probably the manufacturing. I'll try to get warranty and a spare tip. Then of to some lessons at my local flyfishing club as the bug bit with vengeance 😊 Keep it up with your channel 🍀

[@efam7349]

Simple and quiet ....thx

[@tincatinca1571]

Oh my gosh, only if i knew how to stop whipping it sooner, was just practicing today and snapped the line 2 times in 1 hour

[@FlyFishDan]

You'll get there - took many months of practice and fishing before I started to get the hang of it.

[@jontest5718]

Its easy to get frustrated when youre learning and see people like Dan who cast so well and yet so effortlessly, but you have to remember they have been doing this for 20, 30, 40, or more years.

[@FlyFishDan]

You'll get there - just takes time and a bit of practice. Cheers!

[@jontest5718]

@@FlyFishDan Thanks Dan. Have a nice weekend.

[@JoeLibrizzi]

I'm a new fly fisher and your videos have helped tremendously, thank you. Still getting fouled up with something tho - my false casts look good, tight loops and full extension. But then my actual cast hits the water pretty hard, like a slap rather than just laying down. Any thoughts on what could cause that?

[@FlyFishDan]

A couple of things to consider - at the final cast, do a hard stop (with the rod tip up) then bring the rod tip down to the water to finish the cast. This happens all in one smooth motion: false casting, full extension, hard stop, follow the fly line down to the water when presenting the fly. The other is ensuring you are using a tapered leader - 9' is ideal. Anything shorter and without taper could be leading to a slap. Hope that helps!

[@JoeLibrizzi]

@@FlyFishDan was only 10% expecting a reply, let alone such a thoughtful one. Thank you! You've given me an idea of what I could be doing wrong, can't wait to try it on the water this weekend.

[@JoeLibrizzi]

@@FlyFishDan was only 10% expecting a reply, let alone such a thoughtful one. Thank you! You've given me an idea of what I could be doing wrong, can't wait to try it on the water this weekend.

[@SteveAnderson-xe9dr]

Very green beginner here. When you are practicing your cast do you have any thing on you leader? Split weight or something?

[@FlyFishDan]

I put on a 9' tapered leader...tie a small piece of yarn to the end or snip off the end of a fly and use that. You got this!

[@barry4fish19]

Also remember you are not casting the weight of the fly, you are casting the plastic coated fly line, that is the object with the weight you are throwing - the leader and fly just go along for the ride. The fly line is your carrier.

[@stevescuba1978]

I cut off the end of a q-tip for practice. It's easy to see, so I know I'm getting a nice lay down

[@SebastianDavidPB]

Wanna get frustrated even if you have experience with floating lines? try euro nymphing lol

[@seanb2604]

Back...pause....forward ....pause, end forward cast with tip high. Try and master a roll cast early, it's your friend.

[@matdowdall]

I think i have been trying to get too mych line out , and way too much muscle . Actually lost a fly on my back cast today like a whip snap

[@FlyFishDan]

Keep practicing - once you get the timing down, that will stop happening. Slow your cadence, it will help a ton.

[@jtepsr]

If I am practicing on my front lawn, what can I attach to my tippet to replace a fly

[@FlyFishDan]

Typically you’ll tie the fly right to the end of the tippet using an improved clinch knot

[@jadenshah]

You don't even need a fly at the end to practice. Just the line itself is enough

[@stevescuba1978]

I use a end of a q-tip

[@derekwaters1980]

At 4:40 he's casting with the line wrapped around his leg.. How the hell can I take this guy serious now? Lol, jk jk... Great video and I kept whipping my damn fly off and it was driving me crazy! Appreciate the good advice!

[@FlyFishDan]

Happy to help, cheers!

[@I_AM_BAYTOR]

I can cast maybe the length of the pole. None of these vids seem to work for me, I need in-person help.

[@FlyFishDan]

Search my other casting vids - there’s two with over 100,000 views you might find helpful. You’ll get there!

[@davidb4122]

How long should my leader be ?

[@FlyFishDan]

Typically, your tapered leader will be 9' in length for most fishing

[@davidb4122]

@@FlyFishDan thanks!

[@billpitts9802]

Humorous!

[@Hersirs-Fly-Fishing-Channel]

🎣

[@robertvanrensburg2417]

w lake fishing you need to cast

[@NatalieHudspeth-Storey]

Your drag needs to be tightened before you set the hook on a large fish- the first two catches on this video had too little drag.

[@FlyFishDan]

hmmmmm......................................

[@DeanCampbellusa]

Dan - your elbow is so far away from your body @ 3:34, is there a reason you are doing this?

[@FlyFishDan]

This is something I do to keep the fly rod and fly away from my body. Less fly strikes on the rod and my body

[@jtepsr]

i meant a non fly so i don’t catch it on the grass

[@FlyFishDan]

A small piece of yarn works awesome for sure

[@patrickgalloy2274]

Not serious…

[@FlyFishDan]

Totally ….are you serious??