Authors: Tom Deck, Bob White (Illustrator), Tom Rosenbauer
ISBN-13: 9781592280087, ISBN-10: 1592280080
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Globe Pequot Press
Date Published: October 2003
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Tom Deck, author of The Orvis Streamside Guide to Fly Casting, lives in Vermont. He is the head instructor at the Orvis Fly-Fishing School in Manchester, Vermont.
Getting to the river, lake, estuary, or ocean is the easy part. The hard part is putting the fly in the right place so you have a chance to catch a fish. In this definitive guide, Tom Deck, head of casting instruction at the Orvis Fly-Fishing School in Manchester, Vermont, explains exactly how to cast. In a thorough, concise style, Deck teaches readers the same techniques that have drawn anglers to the Orvis School since 1968. Topics covered include: setting up the rod, proper grip and stance; the forearm and wrist in fly casting; applying power to the casting stroke; false casting, roll casting and roll-cast pickup; the single and double haul; and many more general as well as specialized casts. After each lesson is a section filled with coaching tips and suggestions for mental imagery, as well as a segment on troubleshooting, pointing out common problems, and how to solve them. There are also valuable chapters on casting for specific kinds of fish and in different kinds of water.
Filled with color photographs from professional photographer and fly fisherman Jim Rowinski, and with gorgeous illustrations from Bob White, this book will be the reference on fly casting for years to come.
Acknowledgments | vii | |
Introduction | ix | |
Part 1 | Fly Casting Fundamentals: The Orvis Progressive Casting Method | 1 |
1 | What Is Fly Casting? | 4 |
A Brief History of Fly Casting | ||
Line and Rod Weights and the Flex Index | ||
2 | Grip and Stance | 18 |
The Thumb-on-Top Grip | ||
The Forefinger Grip | ||
The V-Grip | ||
Stance | ||
3 | The Casting Arc | 29 |
4 | Casting Loops | 37 |
5 | Getting Started and the Basic Cast | 43 |
Assembling the Components and Setting Up the Rod | ||
The Informal Roll Cast | ||
The Pick-Up-and-Lay-Down Cast | ||
Instructor's Tips | ||
Troubleshooting | ||
6 | The Forearm and Wrist in Fly Casting | 72 |
The Pickup and the Backcast | ||
Part 2 | Refining Your Casting Stroke | 77 |
7 | Applying Power to the Casting Motion | 78 |
The Power Stroke: A Speedup-to-a-Stop | ||
More Forearm and Wrist in Fly Casting | ||
Troubleshooting | ||
8 | The Line Hand and Shooting Line | 91 |
9 | False Casting and the Casting Plane | 100 |
10 | The Roll Cast and the Roll Cast Pickup | 111 |
Coaching Tips with Mental Imagery | ||
Troubleshooting | ||
11 | Making the Move from the Practice Pond to the River | 136 |
12 | The Single and Double Haul | 149 |
Part 3 | Presentation Fly Casting | |
13 | Fly Casting in Salt Water | 166 |
Using a Stripping Basket | ||
Casting in Windy Conditions | ||
Casting Sinking Fly Lines | ||
14 | Flats Fishing | 179 |
Sight Casting from a Flats Boat | ||
Wade Casting | ||
15 | Trout Fishing Presentations | 184 |
Dry-Fly Fishing | ||
Casting Weighted Flies | ||
16 | Bass Fishing | 208 |
From Shore | ||
The Skip Cast | ||
Casting Large, Wind-Resistant Flies | ||
17 | Spey Casting | 215 |
Single Spey with a Change of Direction | ||
Simple Double Spey | ||
The Simple Double Spey Off the Opposite Shoulder | ||
18 | Spey Casting Techniques for a Single-Handed Rod | 222 |
Afterword | 229 | |
Index | 231 |