6 Fly Casting Issues & How to Fix Them

Dave Rothrock and Phil Gay have over 120 years of fly fishing experience between them. They share their experience and the most common fly casting mistakes they see when instructing students. Those mistakes include tailing loops, wind knots, misapplication of power, creep, and excessive false casting.
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0:00 Intro
0:09 Too much wrist
0:52 Over-powering forward cast
2:21 Creep
4:27 Tailing loops (wind knots)
5:53 Casting too much line
6:27 Too much false casting

[@paigeloomis]

Good tips here. Practicing on the grass is nice. But over many years I fished a marginal stream 2-3 times a week during reasonable weather. Sometimes for only an hour at a time and without wading. That helped my fishing immensely.

[@jonhart-dj7fn]

Dave and Phil I just joined this channel from after watching Scott and Dave @( Scott's pa woods and waters ) great tips pointers here fellas!

[@daverothrock8372]

Scott has become a good friend. Thanks for watching!

[@tonysobina8390]

This is great! Like the part on drifting versus creeping..Drifting is a nice feel and helps you load the rod even more..a real casting improvement for everyone...

[@daverothrock8372]

Tony, thanks for watching and commenting!

[@beo77]

Nice. Will have to try to add drift to my back cast.

[@daverothrock8372]

It definitely helps. Thanks for watching!