Instead of posting in the sub group, Ill toss it here for greater exposure. Someone might be a closet fly guy.
So, today I take my beginners kit to the river for an enjoyable time on the water, only to learn, the little bit of false casting I did on the grass was insufficient to prepare me for the water. DANG!
I understand the "concept", but without some additional help Im afraid I wont be able to make corrections.
First, things went "okay" overall, I did better than I expected! Though in the AAR I would have to give myself a final grade of F+. (But I did have fun... frustrating fun, but fun)
Next, I need to do something about my false casting, I think my pie is too wide, dohno. As I was feeding line the fly started kissing the water in front and the leave behind me. I actually lost a fly! Not sure how to correct this. I may shoot video and post for your evaluation so you can see my rod action (fishing, not pron type...)
Finally, my final cast are short and my line is not straight. I dont know if its because it is dirt cheap fly line, or something I am doing. I feel like Im doing a 1/4 decent false cast but when I go to get it wet the line looks like it was just tossed into the water, not shot... and the distance is totally unacceptable. I swear I got no more than 20 feet at best and I have no clue what is causing it. I tried several variation of release and several release points, but not having personal instruction Im clueless.
Needless to say, Im pretty sure some perch were out by the rock on the other side of the river and I never got to find out. The other side was about 35 - 40 feet away, and all I got was a 20 foot cast on my best cast.
Im going back to tube and watch some more, Im missing something. The setup had good reviews so Im confident its user error.
Thanks for your time,
Andrew
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