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Fly Fishing Line Retrieval Techniques

Posted on March 12, 1999

How is Your Line Retrieval Method? Line retrieval methods for improving fly fishing include various techniques depending on the situation at hand. Many anglers think of line retrieval as simply stripping in fly line to keep in contact with the fly pattern. Line retrieval includes this and much more. The method also enables the angler…

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Learning the Double Haul

Posted on September 12, 1996

Learning the Double Haul Learning the double haul for fly casting will assist you with increased line speed! A haul is a method that involves a slight tug on the fly line during the acceleration phase of the fly cast with the line hand. Why do you need to learn a haul? The haul causes…

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Comprehensive Fly Line Study Through WCU

Posted on August 25, 1996

  Comprehensive Fly Line Study Through WCU I became interested in conducting the comprehensive fly line study through WCU due to instructing and guiding full time. It was apparent that there was some vast difference in how various lines performed. Fly lines will have no doubt changed since 1995 but the factors studied are significant…

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