ACA's Beginner's Guide to Fly Casting
Featuring the Twelve Casts You Need to Know
Published on 3. July 2018
128 pages
978-1-5107-2304-7 (ISBN)
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In The ACA's Beginner's Guide to Fly Casting: Featuring the Twelve Casts You Need to Know, John Field, tournament caster and FFI Master Casting Instructor, teaches and explains the fundamentals of fly casting, step by step. John shares the casting games of the American Casting Association and its 110 years of proven methods. This guide also includes learning tips from champion casters Steve Rajeff and Chris Korich.
To begin, Field carefully lays out the essentials for getting ready, like assembling an outfit, and caring for your tackle. Next, he shows the simplest but most efficient way to start casting and practicing for results. Once you can make the basic cast, the next chapters provide the steps to achieve casting accuracy and distance. Whether learning to fly fish in fresh or saltwater, Field's expertise is sure to have you casting like a pro before you know it.
With expert instructions, accompanying diagrams and fun drills, The ACA's Beginner's Guide to Fly Casting will help the next generation of flyfishers participate in this wonderful sport.
To begin, Field carefully lays out the essentials for getting ready, like assembling an outfit, and caring for your tackle. Next, he shows the simplest but most efficient way to start casting and practicing for results. Once you can make the basic cast, the next chapters provide the steps to achieve casting accuracy and distance. Whether learning to fly fish in fresh or saltwater, Field's expertise is sure to have you casting like a pro before you know it.
With expert instructions, accompanying diagrams and fun drills, The ACA's Beginner's Guide to Fly Casting will help the next generation of flyfishers participate in this wonderful sport.
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John L. Field is an IFFF Certified Master Casting Instructor. He is past president of the American Casting Association and past-president of the New York City Chapter of Trout Unlimited. Field is the author of Fly-Casting Finesse: A Complete Guide to Improving All Aspects of Your Casting. His writing and photography has been published in Fly Fisherman, In-Fisherman, North American Fisherman, Canadian Sportfishing, and Chevy Outdoors magazines. John filmed and co-produced Hunt for Big Fish, which aired on ESPN and other cable networks. Field lives with his family in Weston, Connecticut.
Content
- Front Cover
- Half-Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword by Steve Rajeff
- Preface
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Getting Started
- Parts of a Fly-Rod Outfit
- Parts of the Reel
- Fly Line Manufacture and Design
- Leaders
- Line Connections
- Your First Outfit
- Assembling and Disassembling a Fly-Fishing Outfit
- Instruction and DIY
- Chapter 2 A Good Foundation
- Stance
- The Casting Stroke
- Grip
- Rod Plane
- Rod Stop
- Rod Arc and the Loop
- False Casts
- 180-Degree Principle
- Trajectory
- Timing and Tempo
- Going through the Motions
- Line Control
- Chapter 3 Cast Basics
- Roll Cast
- Pick-Up and Lay-Down
- False Cast
- Lengthening and Shortening Line (without Hauling)
- Hauling Line: Single and Double
- Double-Haul False Cast Drill
- Shooting Line with Hauls
- Wind Casts
- Kids
- Chapter 4 Accuracy
- Change-of-Direction Cast
- Chapter 5 Distance Casting
- Wind and Trajectory
- Distance Stroke
- Release and Shooting Line
- Maximum Double-Haul
- Using the Body
- Shooting Heads
- Distance Training
- Chapter 6 Fishing Casts
- Depth and Speed Control in Moving Water
- The Saltwater Quick Cast
- Equipment Maintenance
- Chapter 7 Troubleshooting
- Poor Timing
- Wide Loop Fault
- Tailing Loop Fault
- Rod Plane (Tracking) Faults
- Hauling Faults and Cures
- Insufficient Distance
- Chapter 8 ACA Clubs and Events
- ACA-Recognized Fly Events
- Fly Accuracy Events
- Fly Distance Events
- Special Events
- Joining and Getting in Touch with the ACA
- Chapter 9 Exercises for Distance Casting
- Glossary
- Acknowledgments
- Index
