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Preparation

Description

Purpose

1. 

Set aside 20 minutes

go outside; no overhead problems

Practice with 50' in front & 50' in back

2. 

Warm up with Stage 4

always "pick up where you left off"

Get back to where you were

3.

Add 5' of fly line

Add about 5’ of fly line; or get 4 lengths of the rod, or about 35' of line, in front of the rod tip

You need a little more fly line to create a “pile”

4. 

Create a “pile”

With the fly line held against the rod grip by your finger, use your line hand to pull back about 5’ of fly line through the finger ; this extra line lays loosely in a pile between the reel & your finger

When your line hand is done making the pile by retrieving line, put it away in your pocket; do not use it again until the next repetition of this exercise

5.

Make a regular cast

Keep the fly line tight against the rod grip and the pile “as is” as you make your backcast

Make a regular cast…remember: pick up, backcast, forward cast, letdown (no falsecasting here)

6.

“Shoot line”

As you complete the forward power stroke by accelerating the rod tip to an abrupt stop, let go of the fly line with your finger of the rod hand

This will “shoot” the fly line out of the pile/reservoir as it is pulled along behind your forward cast

7.

Regain line control

as you complete the forward power stroke & let down, grasp the fly line in your line hand & place the fly line in the finger of your rod hand

This allows you to retain control of the fly line as you begin to replenish your pile to re-do the exercise with the next cast

8.

Repeat

Re-do steps #1 - 6

Enables you to see the mistakes, mis-timing, etc.; go back out & try again; return to the basics