Comments on: Speed in Flycasting http://www.thebfcc.co.uk/speed-in-flycasting.html The Friendly Home of Good Casting. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:06:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: mikeh http://www.thebfcc.co.uk/speed-in-flycasting.html/comment-page-1#comment-370 mikeh Tue, 12 Jan 2010 10:29:40 +0000 http://www.thebfcc.co.uk/?p=344#comment-370 Hi Dave, Paul is in Tasmania so if you don't mind I will answer for him. What he means is that if you have the ability to cast 120' on grass then you have a realistic chance of putting a fly out 100' on water (to a fish) if you need to. By the same token if you are a 100fter on grass you should be able to put that fly out eighty or ninety feet, if you need to. Thanks for the comment, Mike H Hi Dave,

Paul is in Tasmania so if you don’t mind I will answer for him.

What he means is that if you have the ability to cast 120′ on grass then you have a realistic chance of putting a fly out 100′ on water (to a fish) if you need to. By the same token if you are a 100fter on grass you should be able to put that fly out eighty or ninety feet, if you need to.

Thanks for the comment,

Mike H

]]> By: David Fisher http://www.thebfcc.co.uk/speed-in-flycasting.html/comment-page-1#comment-367 David Fisher Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:45:53 +0000 http://www.thebfcc.co.uk/?p=344#comment-367 Hi Paul, Thanks for penning your 'Speed in Flycasting' article. I started Flyfishing 5 years ago after may years as a coarse angler. I had a couple of lessons when I started and then muddled along on my own, although I did practice on a nearby playing field. After getting a casting lesson from Mike Heritage at Newark in February, my practice became more focussed and I had a further couple of hours provately from Mike H during last summer. I went to the Brentwood meeting in October where I joined the BFCC. The help I received was extremely useful and I have improved considerably over the past few months. I reckon the average standard of casting on most waters is pretty poor, it doesn't take long to get as good as most people on the bank. However to get much better I have found that even a bit of tuition is a big help with gusting winds, distance, accuracy and reducing false casts. Perhaps the most useful thing has been to give me a much better idea of why a cast has gone wrong (or gone well for that matter). I have a quick question about your article: you say 'And as for distance, if you can cast through the 120s with trout tackle, then you can take a realistic shot at 100 feet without serious complications'. What does through the 120s mean? Best Regards David Fisher Hi Paul,
Thanks for penning your ‘Speed in Flycasting’ article. I started Flyfishing 5 years ago after may years as a coarse angler. I had a couple of lessons when I started and then muddled along on my own, although I did practice on a nearby playing field.

After getting a casting lesson from Mike Heritage at Newark in February, my practice became more focussed and I had a further couple of hours provately from Mike H during last summer. I went to the Brentwood meeting in October where I joined the BFCC. The help I received was extremely useful and I have improved considerably over the past few months.

I reckon the average standard of casting on most waters is pretty poor, it doesn’t take long to get as good as most people on the bank. However to get much better I have found that even a bit of tuition is a big help with gusting winds, distance, accuracy and reducing false casts. Perhaps the most useful thing has been to give me a much better idea of why a cast has gone wrong (or gone well for that matter).

I have a quick question about your article: you say ‘And as for distance, if you can cast through the 120s with trout tackle, then you can take a realistic shot at 100 feet without serious complications’. What does through the 120s mean?

Best Regards

David Fisher

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