I am sure that there are many anglers who whilst bank fishing have come across other an- glers who in order to achieve dis- tance continually make false casts. While many will agree there is nothing wrong with this, I think that there are times when this continuous false casting does put the fish down. This is more obvious when the fish are near the water surface and even more so when you are fishing in clear water. I also think that over the course of a day’s fishing if an angler is false casting 6/7 times for every cast this takes up a lot of time when your fly should be in the water fishing. The longer the fly is in the water the more chance there is of it attracting fish. Time is scarce especially for those anglers who fish in competitions.
087 764 9571 Declan Hughes
I asked Declan about this style of cast that I had in mind and would it be possible to achieve. First he took a look at the way I usually would cast when I want to get distance. He then pointed out a few errors he noticed in my casting tech- nique whilst demonstrating how to get more distance from the style of cast I use. He left me to it and set about instructing the other two an- glers on their particular needs. Declan kept an eye on us correcting each of us if needed while we were changing to different weights of rods and lines. We spent the morning practising on the football field before we had a break for lunch.
After lunch we headed out to Lough Cullin to get some practice on water. The weather in the af- ternoon was the complete opposite to the morning’s weather, full sunshine and a slight breeze. I stayed with the single handed rod while the others changed over to using double handed rods. I wanted to brush up on my roll cast and also on Spey casting for the single handed rod. Declan showed me a few tips on how to cast in these styles and the demon- strated them to me. He then left me to it and set about instructing the other lads all the while keeping an eye on my progress correcting me and giving me pointers. We practised in the beautiful surroundings of Lough Cullin until the sun started to go down. After packing up Declan suggested we meet up again at the football filed the following morning, we all agreed on this.
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