ROLL CAST DRILLS

[@timkilinc535]

I like the fact that you keep your mind open to learning and new techniques to teach. Despite many limitations of teaching from a small boat in a remote location, these are excellent videos. I always learn something new. Thanks Paul.

[@SexyloopsTV]

@@timkilinc535 thank you Tim!

[@danielrimer4850]

Best roll cast instructional I’ve seen yet! Thank you

[@alanjacobs7302]

Really like these drill videos - thanks

[@jimholland1592]

Nicely done 😉

[@Vulcan21able]

Thanks Paul. Really appreciate your videos covering practice drills. Keep up the fantastic work mate.

[@montanaflycasting6559]

Thanks, Paul. Excellent reminder of the utility of the roll cast and that it should be practiced at different angles.

[@robdogj]

I like your ideas. I will defintely practice them the next time I hit the water.

[@tomm6431]

Like your approach! Beer is good - like a experienced friend showing one what to try.

[@bjlarsen]

Thanks for valuable explanation of details.

[@davidhaddon2854]

Some more very useful tips there Paul , i keep going back to watch your earlier vids so i do not forget the stages you teach, excellent . Good habits to train, i actually enjoy fly casting more than fishing to be honest ,all the best, David.

[@SexyloopsTV]

Most of them can be found here David and in order www.sexyloops.com/flycast/introduction/ I’m going through them myself at the moment adding drills and cues etc… correcting a few mistakes 😆

[@gregkosinski2303]

Good stuff. Thanks for sharing ❤

[@tomm6431]

This and your lay down drill video are what I review and practice every few months. You have an easy manner about you that makes sense. You suggest more than once to play with the cast find out for oneself. Great teaching.

[@SexyloopsTV]

Thanks Tom! I have quite a few of these to upload soon. I agree it’s regular practise. I’ll definitely mention this as part of my next video. 👍👍

[@SexyloopsTV]

Thanks Tom! I have quite a few of these to upload soon. I agree it’s regular practise. I’ll definitely mention this as part of my next video. 👍👍

[@dariomanfroi9447]

Thank you Paul. Very useful

[@CharlieKaiser-q3g]

Great visual on the technique. Would love to see one on how to effectively roll cast a nymph/indicator rig. Seems to really change the dynamic of the cast...

[@SexyloopsTV]

That’s a good call Charlie. I’ll make a note of that. It can be very difficult, especially with a long leader, or heavy nymphs and a lightish flyline. Tackle is definitely a consideration, as is making sure that the nymphs are close to the surface at the start of the cast. I will definitely put something together. 👍

[@stephenrosenfeld833]

I like the analogy of the snapped towel. Once our rivers thaw (in about six weeks here in eastern Canada) I'll have to give it a shot! I also like hearing about proofreading your wife's MBA thesis and other "flakes of your life", as our Leonard Cohen described them. It illustrates the complete life in paradise that you live. Thanks for all you have done and continue to do to improve my casting!

[@SexyloopsTV]

Haha - the MBA has been interesting! I feel like I’m an expert now 😆 and have done the course myself! Soon it will all be over and I can terrorise the fish properly again! That 3 stops stuff really I see as a gateway into my lessons. What I’ve covered in that video makes up most of my second “intermediates” lesson, with the addition of the stopless backcast delivery.

[@SexyloopsTV]

And by the way I question your commitment Stephen 😝 I have a student from Canada tomorrow who will be casting in the snow. The only reason we didn’t cast on Friday was because of a snowstorm and he wasn’t sure I would see the loops 😆

[@stephenrosenfeld833]

@@SexyloopsTV Guilty as charged!

[@SexyloopsTV]

@@stephenrosenfeld833 haha I’m with you mate. If I lived in Canada I would hibernate for 6 months of the year!! I went back to Europe for Xmas and my feet were frozen for a month!

[@stephenrosenfeld833]

@@SexyloopsTV Well, winter is for cross-country skiing - and tying flies. We only get a six month fishing season here for Atlantic salmon, trout, and striped bass and now that I'm retired, I try to make the most of it. But no kidding, my casting improves in the winter by osmosis, just by watching your videos and playing them over in my mind! Thank you, thank you, thank you!

[@123BV8]

Paul what line and rod combination are you using? What wt and length rod?

[@SexyloopsTV]

In that video I’m using the Instructor rod HT6. Either a SA MED6 or 5. www.sexyloops.com/index.php/webshop/list/70/fly-rods

[@OscarOverlanding]

Thank you!

[@nenadsavic6727]

Great video , Where is this at ? Looks amazing .

[@SexyloopsTV]

Belum-Temenggor jungle in Malaysia

[@paulatkinson4812]

Interesting video, as always. I'm currently practicing to learn and improve my roll cast (with some help from Nick Moore). What would the advantage of the stopless roll cast be; accuracy perhaps?

[@SexyloopsTV]

Hi Paul, the primary advantage is higher line speed. Instead of truncating the stroke while trying to fit speed in, we just accelerate to the water. If the loop opens it’s because we started with the rod too far back (for low trajectory casts it should start around the vertical position). Anyway, primary use is for casting into a head wind. But we also can use it in the overhead cast, both directions. Here it is for dealing with winds as well as casting ugly/heavy flies/sinktip lines.

[@magnusgunnarsson6570]

Great, thanks

[@everettstevenson6110]

That’s awesome. What rod and fly line are you using?

[@SexyloopsTV]

Hi Everett, I’m use the Sexyloops Instructor rod for teaching www.sexyloops.com/index.php/webshop/item/558/ht-instructor-9ft-7wt and usually either the SA Mastery Expert Distance line in 5 or 6WT.

[@SexyloopsTV]

Wrong link. It’s actually this one, the 6WT, www.sexyloops.com/index.php/webshop/item/535/ht-instructor-9ft-6wt

[@emilycree7004]

Hi Paul, what size fly could you roll cast with that set up?

[@SexyloopsTV]

@@emilycree7004 Hi Emily, the size of the fly that can be roll cast is very much determined by the weight of the fly line. That’s a (AFFTA) 5WT line so something around size 10 max, 8 maybe. For heavier/more air-resistant flies I’d want a heavier line.

[@emilycree7004]

@@SexyloopsTV Thanks for the reply Paul .

[@thepimpernel6971]

If you are going to wade fish you have to be able to roll cast effectively.

[@mrpoopypants9586]

Very helpful mate. I get quite a bit from your vids. Thanks for posting. Cheers from downunder PP