How to learn fly fishing?

[MuskieBait]

(12-12-2012 12:35 PM)onwind Wrote:  I heard that fly fishing needs plenty of space for casting, where do you fly fish? the city pond, lake or river?

Yes, you do need space for casting. That's why a lot of fly fisher wade in the lakes, creeks and rivers to get away from shore to give them back casting space.

However, if you are fishing small streams for trout, a good roll cast is all you really need.

And if you get more specific and technical, spey rods and switch rods and spey / switch casting is essentially a really BIG roll cast...and using these casting methods and specific fly fishing rods can eliminate the need for back casting space.

I did say you need an empty field to practice your casting, right?

In practical situations, you can also use a haul or double haul to help accelerate line speed, so with the little bit of line that you are casting on the false cast, you can accelerate that fly line speed with a haul so that the rest of the fly line by your feet can be pulled out.