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Thread: I recommend working on your fly casting.

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    Default I recommend working on your fly casting.

    First, I would have someone working at a fly shop or at a fly club or a good fly fishing guide cast your outfit and tell you if it is balanced or any good.

    Then I would get some good help with your casting. Maybe only an hour lesson at a time.

    With a weight forward 5 floating line you should be able to cast a fly or small piece of yarn about 60 feet (measured) with 2 back casts.

    The biggest complaint we get from guides is when they get clients who can't cast very well and this makes their job very hard.

    Finally, we got to the point that we would talk people out of going on some of our group trips unless they worked on their tackle and their casting.

    This is something to do every so often until you are happy with your casting.



    Jeff Putnam, Mike Powers and Andy Guibord teach fly casting in the Sacramento area.


    On Saturdays you can go to some of the casting clubs in California or in your state.

    The Golden Gate Angling & Casting Club in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco is a good start.

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    Bill Kiene (Boca Grande)

    567 Barber Street
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    Email: billkiene63@gmail.com
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    Contact me for any reason........
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    GG park is a great spot, nice people and helpful. Bring a lunch, if the main gate is for some reason locked go to the horse stables entrance and drive down to the pond parking lot.

    The Galvan community park (Santa Rosa Yulupa ave) has a pond also.

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    How many casting clubs are there in California?

    Golden Gate

    Oakland

    Long Beach

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    Bill Kiene (Boca Grande)

    567 Barber Street
    Sebastian, Florida 32958

    Fly Fishing Travel Consultant
    Certified FFF Casting Instructor

    Email: billkiene63@gmail.com
    Cell: 530/753-5267
    Web: www.billkiene.com

    Contact me for any reason........
    ______________________________________

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    Bill,
    Pasadena has one, as well.

    www.pasadenacastingclub.org

    Best to all,

    Larry S
    Sun Diego

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    Thanks Larry......
    Bill Kiene (Boca Grande)

    567 Barber Street
    Sebastian, Florida 32958

    Fly Fishing Travel Consultant
    Certified FFF Casting Instructor

    Email: billkiene63@gmail.com
    Cell: 530/753-5267
    Web: www.billkiene.com

    Contact me for any reason........
    ______________________________________

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    Santa Rosa has a World class casting pound, hardly anybody uses it. I use it for testing flies.

    Carl Blackledge

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    Wow.....I did not know that Carl.......



    *We have the lower American river flowing clear and headed to the West where it meets up with the Sacramento river.

    I is very close to Kiene's Fly Shop, which is great for practicing two handed / Spey casting.



    We have American Shad (May/June), Stripers (Spring/late Summer), King salmon (Oct/Nov) and Steelhead (Spring/Fall/Winter) runs.


    We have some good local senior guides & instructors too:


    Andy Guibord - 916/849-1529 - American river and Delta

    Bruce Porter - 916/257-7441 - American river

    Jeff Putnam - 916/366-7554 or 916/607-1312 - American or Rogue rivers


    These guys can help you with just about anything to do with fly fishing.
    Bill Kiene (Boca Grande)

    567 Barber Street
    Sebastian, Florida 32958

    Fly Fishing Travel Consultant
    Certified FFF Casting Instructor

    Email: billkiene63@gmail.com
    Cell: 530/753-5267
    Web: www.billkiene.com

    Contact me for any reason........
    ______________________________________

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    "
    The biggest complaint we get from guides is when they get clients who can't cast very well and this makes their job very hard." This made me laugh out loud. You take people fishing for a living quit your crying!

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    I gotta get lessons on casting my striper rod,I'm having issues.

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    False cast very little......none or once?

    1) Medium distance: Roll cast to get the line and fly on top, make one back cast and then shoot the line.

    2) Longer distance: Roll cast to get the line on top, make a back cast, a forward cast and another back cast and shoot the line.


    Have a short leader........6 feet ?


    Open up your loop a little or drop the tip on the final forward cast.


    The Rio Outbound Short integrated line with a 30' Type 6 sinking tip cast nicer for most that a T-14 head with a running line.


    Boat or surf?


    Andy teaches lots of shooting head classes.
    Bill Kiene (Boca Grande)

    567 Barber Street
    Sebastian, Florida 32958

    Fly Fishing Travel Consultant
    Certified FFF Casting Instructor

    Email: billkiene63@gmail.com
    Cell: 530/753-5267
    Web: www.billkiene.com

    Contact me for any reason........
    ______________________________________

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