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duration with the amount of line beyond the rod tip.
2. Slack line should be kept to an absolute minimum.
"If there is no slack in the casting system, the fly will move as soon as
the rod tip moves."
"Start a cast with the rod tip pointing at the water."
3. In order to form the most efficient, least air resistant loops, and to
direct the energy of a fly cast toward a specific target, the caster
must move the rod tip in a straight line.
"If the rod tip travels in a concave path (the tip is lower in the middle of
the path than on either end), the loop will tail or cross."
"The rod must also move in a straight line horizontally, without right or
left deviations."
"Make sure the rod tip always moves straight away from the target on
the back cast and directly at the target on the forward cast."
4. The size of the casting arc must vary with the length of the line
past the rod tip.
"Short line, short stroke; long line, long stroke."
5. Power must be applied in the proper amount at the proper
place in the stroke.
"The majority of this power should be applied after the rod has
reached a position perpendicular to the plane of the cast."
"A crisp stop transfers energy from the rod to the line."
"Power should be applied slowly at first, gradually increasing to a
peak at the end of the stroke."
On the subject of casting style:
"Try not to be confused by all the different casting styles."
"Each instructor has (their) own personal style of casting and (their) own preferences for instructing."
"No casting style can be correct for everyone; style should be personal
and should evolve over time."
Excerpted from: "The Essentials of Fly Casting" - a Federation of Fly Fishers publication.
