Casting Basics – Loops
I found this site, sexyloops.com – it has pages of info on fly casting.
Check out their section on flycasting.
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Knot Terminology
We are often trying to learn new knots for fishing, boating or just around the home. Here is a short list of some knot terminology used at times when describing knotting or rope parts in general. One term we often come across for instance is the “standing end”.
Distance Casting – John Waters
The above video is John Waters talking about distance casting, but he has a great explanation of the basic position and casting stroke (we will talk about distance casting another time).
Discussion – 5 Essentials of Fly Casting
Presented by Carl “Bumcast” McNeil
- Remove Slack
- Timing
- Stroke Length
- Acceleration
- Effective Loop
Slack Line Casts
Reach Mend
Wiggle Cast
Pile Cast
Types of Fly Lines Explained
There are a number of types of fly lines, one of the common differentiators of these is fly line density. Fly lines have different densities, each density is used for a different method of fly fishing. At the highest level, fly lines either float or sink.
Spinning Deer Hair
Properly spinning and shave-shaping deer hair is one of the most challenging in fly tying, but the fish attracting successes of patterns utilising it make it an imperative to learn “how”.
Patterns using the spun deer hair technique are generally large and also fairly involved, which tends to intimidate many tyers.
Muddler Minnow
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Tying the Muddler Minnow. Source: InTheRiffle.com
How to spin deer hair
First designed to imitate a small bottom-dwelling fish, Muddler Minnows are now tied as general attractor patterns and to imitate anything from caddis flies to grasshoppers.
Clouser Minnow
The Clouser Minnow, or Clouser Deep Minnow, is an extremely effective baitfish imitation that catches a whole range of game fish in fresh- and saltwater. It’s allure comes from a combination of heavy lead eyes and long, mobile tail and wing that give it a wonderful ducking-diving action on every twitch and retrieve.