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Stepping into the Stream

Review: A video about women fly fishing, and not just about fly fishing, but also about connecting with nature and themselves.
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Don't wade, you idiot!

Stay dry: Why do many anglers stomp into the water and spook every fish in close distance before they even lay out their first cast? GFF partner Martin Joergensen recommends staying on land.
Read why in this article.

"Baskets, trays and buckets" is found here

Baskets, trays, buckets

Line control: Sometimes you want to make sure that your line doesn't tangle and sometimes you want to make longer casts. A line or stripping basket, bucket or tray may be the solution. This article covers a bunch of types from rigid plastic buckets to ingenious contraptions with spikes and hooks.
More on stripping baskets here.

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BaR: Testing

Build a Rod, 5: The rod is done and you need to determine what line is best for it. Don't always trust the fine print on the blank, but join Jan-Ole Willers on the water for a test of the newly built rod to find out whether it was worth the effort.
Last installment of our rod building series here

Go to the article "Distance casting, casting distance"

Distance casting

Listen up: A newly recorded podcast about distance casting and casting distance, made on the Danish coast by GFF partner Martin Joergensen who talks about casting while he fishes a bit. He also spends of time getting his dog under control (cows on the field behind them!) and loosing a fish.
So it sometimes goes.

See "Better fishing pictures: Casting" by clicking here

Casting pictures

Better pictures: If you look in casting books, ads for fly lines or just the odd fly fishing magazine, you will often see some fascinating pictures of casting. Lines forming the most beautiful arcs in the air, clearly illustrating one of the mesmerizing things about fly fishing: the beauty of the cast.
Learn how to shoot casting in this article

Find "A Passion for Steelhead" on this page

A Passion for Steelhead

Book Review: Dec Hogan is well known in the fly fishing world as a master of the two-handed fly rod, but until I picked up "A Passion for Steelhead" I did not know much about Dec Hogan the angler. 313 pages later, that surely has changed.
Click here to read the entire review

Read more on "Casting trio, The Pefect Cast DVD´s"

Casting trio

Salmon fishing: Internationally reknown salmon guide Henrik Mortensen is your tutor in these three DVD's on casting and salmon fishing, which are quite an odyssey in the subject and at the same time a journey almost as far around the world as you can come.
The Pefect Cast DVD's

Find "DVD: Flycasting Faults & Fixes" on this page

Faults & Fixes

Flycasting: For those who have seen Mel Krieger - either in real life or on video - this is not new: the man is a one-man theater! Not only is he enthusiastic and entertaining, but he also takes on the role of the different types of casters.
Mel Krieger's DVD is reviewed here

Find "The measure tape II" here

Measure tape II

Flycasting: Jari Wiklund participated in the Danish Fly Casting Championships and finished second. Read his report from the event and his reflections about casting for the sake of casting and (almost) not a word about fishing. He quotes Lefty Kreh who said:
There is no disadvantage in being able to cast far

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The measure tape

Innocent lies: 10-20-30-40 meters? 30-60-90-120 feet? How long can you cast with a one hand rod? And how long does and average fly-angler actually cast? GFF partner Martin Joergensen has done some research and talked to some experts.
If you think you can cast 100 feet, read on...

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Windy casting

Listen up: Since Martin Joergensen was fishing in quite a wind whis past weekend he thought that a small talk about casting in the wind was in its place for a podcast. Contrary to most fly anglers he actually prefers some wind when fishing in the ocean.
Listen to why and how to overcome hard winds here

"Shooting head talk" is found here

Shooting head talk

Listen up: Shooting heads give a couple of advantages, which GFF partner Martin Joergensen will try to explain in this podcast episode. You can join him on the Danish coast in his usual pursuit for sea trout while he introduces you to the world of shooting heads.
Join him for about 27 minutes here

Find "ZipCast review" here

ZipCast

New Line Cleaner & Conditioner: When the bottle came in the mail, I got out an old hankie and wet a small bit and ran the line through the hankie a few times. Out to the yard to see how it cast. Hmm ... it was noticeably slicker and flowed through the guides with ease. Nice.
Click here to read the entire review

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Arctic Silver Free Flex

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A video about "the most advanced and versatile tool", an "epic and innovative" fly rod (actually "the world's most innovative"). Well, we have heard such praise before, and for now I can only say: man, that handle is ugly! But the video is really nice.

Smoky Mountain Fly Fishing

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The Smoky Mountains are as old as time and remain one of the last few wild trout refuges in the Eastern United States.

Casts that catch fish : fly casting instruction

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Casts that Catch Fish, a new fly casting instructional video from Master Fly Casting Instructor Carl McNeil that turns the instructional DVD genre on it's head and gives it a well needed kick up the ass! Stunning shots by super clever cameraman Earl Kingi. It's all there and executed with super high production values, ear tingling audio and plenty of slick effects and animations - courtesy of the funky people at On the Fly productions.

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Crazy as ever and now on video! Sexy Loops has a trailer out for the DVD called "Revolution". Looks good and, eh... different.

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If there's a thing called fish porn, this is the cum shot compilation (if you'll pardon my French!). One long row of fish taking flies. Neat!

About "Casting" from Blog Creek – GFF's weblog

· Tupperware-party with fly rods - We had some fun tonight with a bunch of CTS-rods built by Danish Ussing & Bech
· New shooting line - I don't change my habits easily, but this shooting line may be something I will start using
· Casting instruction instruction - No, it's not an error. It's supposed to say instruction instruction. I want someone to instruct casting instructors

Go to LL Bean Book

LL Bean Book
The L.L. Bean Ultimate Book of Fly Fishing is comprised of three previously published books - Dave Whitlock's Fly-Fishing Handbook, Macauley Lord's Fly-Casting Handbook, and Dick Talleur's Fly-Tying Handbook, all well known L.L. Bean publications.

Go to Advanced Kreh

Advanced Kreh
I wouldn't expect to see the definition of double taper or weight forward lines in an "advanced techniques" book. That is pretty basic stuff. Would I expect to see a discussion of the merits of a large arbor reel vs standard arbor? Yeah. In this book, however, we got the former but not the latter.

Go to Kreh on casting

Kreh on casting
If, while fishing, you have to deal with wind coming from various directions, you have to make a quick cast to a specific target, change direction, or cast for a bit of distance, this book by Lefty Kreh will teach you a thing or two.

Go to The Overlooked Asset

The Overlooked Asset
When fly fishing, your prime assets are not the hardware you are using or the new, neat casting style you learned - it is something far less physical.

Go to Shooting heads

Shooting heads
In this article I will try to cover some advantages and disadvantages of the shooting head over the WF line, and I will thoroughly describe the way you can configure a good shooting head system for your rod. The article will teach you how to calculate, make and trim a shooting head. It will also tell you how to cast it - just on the introductory level.

Common casting errors
In the following little animations I will show you the most common casting errors. I observe these errors very often, but with a little practice it is very simple to correct the causes for these errors. If you know the reason for such an error it is easy to kill the cause through excercises, believe me.

Go to The Essence of Flycasting

The Essence of Flycasting
This book is very stylish, kind of mellow in the visual tone and held in beautiful B/W. People who have met Krieger (or seen his videos) will know that he is not excactly B/W. On the opposite: he's a colorfull, enthusiastic, noisy, acting-all-kinds-of-roles type of instructor.

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