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Category: Fly Casting

Fly Casting

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Fly casting archives for learning to improve your casting from the top outfitter and guide in Bryson, NC since 1987! Mac Brown is a Master Casting Instructor through Fly Fishers International. He currently is the only Master in the state of North Carolina.

Learning the basic foundation blocks of fly casting will provide you a strong foundation. If you are a self-taught fly fisher then a casting lesson will enhance your casting journey.

Learn to pilot the rod for the desired layout you intend while fishing fits together nicely once you know what to actually practice.

Casting is not a difficult thing to perfect once you iron out the goal of your journey. Learning to cast better will enhance your accuracy, distance, slack line casts, curve casts, and many others used in actual fishing.

Check out the NCWRC survey of the Upper Nantahala River and I can assure you that the top 2% of the study are very adept at controlling the fly line during the cast. We love our job teaching and sharing with others the sport of fly fishing.

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Understand Rod Acceleration

Posted on December 29, 2020

Positive, Negative, & Constant Rates of Movement To more clearly understand rod acceleration and more importantly apply it, is the greater the skill. For many decades, it has become inadequately accepted by a majority of good-intentioned casting instructors to incompletely address only the concept of constant rod acceleration. Utilizing only constant rod acceleration may or…

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Standardization in Fly Casting Today

Posted on September 8, 2019

Standardization in Fly Casting Today Standardization of fly casting today may lead to stagnation over time. To evolve into the future the sport must address better instructors that are teaching why and how it actually works. There are so many examples of various styles out there today yet the mechanics rule all of them. In…

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Synergy and Fly Casting

Posted on October 3, 2018

Synergy and Fly Casting Synergy and fly casting will encompass virtually every potential line layout. For many, fly casting distance is accomplished with lots speed as a crescendo is with music! The main goal is to maintain a flat fly leg that travels fast with the proper trajectory. Timing is critical that the haul, stop,…

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