Performance Fly Casting: An Illustrated Guide

by Jon Cave

Overview

• 99 detailed illustrations by Joe Mahler • Common casting mistakes and their solutions • Practical, comprehensive casting instruction for developing a smooth and relaxed delivery, throwing tighter loops, and achieving greater distance effortlessly • Casting under windy conditions, eliminating slack, increasing accuracy, making better presentations, and double-hauling efficiently

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780811707343
Publisher:	Stackpole / Headwater
Publication date:	07/11/2011
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	8.90(w) x 5.90(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Jon B. Cave is a fly-fishing guide, author, and founder of the longest established fly-fishing school in the South. He lives in Oviedo, Florida, and is author of Fly-Fishing Odyssey (978-0-944406-50-2). Visit his website, www.jonbcaveflyfishing.com.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction xi

1 Equipment 1

2 Casting Position 24

3 The Vertical Plane 36

4 The Tracking Plane 61

5 The Pickup 71

6 The Double Haul 80

7 Relaxed Casting 88

8 Creep 92

9 The Ground Stroke 102

10 Casting in Windy Conditions 109

11 The Speed Cast 120

Index 130