Orvis Guide to Better Fly Casting: A Problem-Solving Approach [Hardcover]

A systematic method of changing and controlling the various ways a fly rod moves.Fly casting might look easyyou just move the rod back and forth, right? Yes, thats true, but between back and forth, a lot can go wrong. The perfect marriage of human skill and dexterity to the cork and graphite of todays fly rods takes a good bit of work, and this is the how-to book that gets you around common mistakes and bad moves so that you can develop the muscle memory that makes for easy, accurate, and highly successful fly casting. Author Al Kytes instruction, with numerous full-color photographs, breaks down the parts of the cast to get you to better understand what is happening and how to put all of the parts of your cast together to make noticeable improvements.Al Kyte has been teaching fly casting and fly fishing for thirty years through the University of California Extension and the Mel Kriegerdirected Fenwick Schools. He is the author of Fly FishingSimple to Sophisticated and of numerous magazine articles. He lives in Moraga, California.Fly casting might look easyyou just move the rod back and forth, right? Well, thats true, but between back and forth a lot can go wrong. The perfect marriage of human skill and dexterity to the cork and graphite of todays fly rods takes a good bit of work, and this is the how-to book that gets you around common mistakes and bad moves so you can develop the muscle memory that makes for easy, accurate, and highly successful fly casting. Author Al Kytes instruction and numerous full-color photographs break down the parts of the cast to help you better understand what is happening and how to put all of the parts of your cast together to make noticeable improvements. Geared for fly casters of all skill levels, particularly beginning and intermediate casters, Kytes systematic method of changing and controlling the various ways a rod moves can help you approach those hard-to-reach fish and fool them into taking that favorite flylc