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Sven Ostermann

Sven Ostermann at the Danish Fly Festival where he certified as a casting instructor German Sven Ostermann is one of a very few FFF-Certified Flycasting Instructors in Europe.

Published on Sep 1. 1997 - 27 years ago
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Sven Ostermann at the Danish Fly Festival where he certified as a casting instructor

German Sven Ostermann is one of a very few FFF-Certified Flycasting Instructors in Europe. This designates him a very fine fly caster and instructor.
It is therefor natural that his first article on this web site explains how to cure the three most common casting errors.
You can also find one of Sven's patterns: The Real Deerhair.
Sven can be contacted via e-mail on the address SvenOstermann@compuserve.com

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Jan 15. 2000

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.

Sep 1. 1997

The Real Deer Hair

A sedge pattern in the Goddard tradition - with a twist. This fly is a combination of the G+H Sedge and a hackling method adapted from Dutch Piet Weeda - making it a one-material-fly.

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