Today I was teaching Andy, from Chorley, a complete beginner who has done quite a bit of coarse fishing with poles and stuff!
Once Andy got to grips with the technique he made excellent progress and I ended up going a lot further with him in terms of variations of casts than with most beginners.
He is a powerful Bloke, who does weight training and the initial problem was getting the application of power correct, as it is with lots of people from a coarse or sea fishing background.
The application of power is critical with any casting - smooth acceleration forces the rod (spring) to work effectively. The "spring" then transfers energy to the fly line and allows us to achieve good presentation and turnover.
As a general principal if you want to cast better (and further) take the power out of the cast. If we try too hard we end up throwing the rod forward which can result in tailing loops or rebounds in the line.
Andy is now off to buy some fly fishing tackle and then will be back to try his hand at actual fishing and putting into practise all the information and skills he has learned during this initial lesson.
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