Flycasting Knowledgebase

When a fly-line is resting on water the molecules of water enter the pores within the fly-line’s surface and due to the cohesion between these molecules and the molecules in the main body of the water this causes adhesion or line stick. The amount of adhesion on the fly-line, without taking into consideration the leader […]

The casting arc could be defined as the angle through which the rod-butt pivots from the beginning of the cast until the initialisation of the stop. Some might say that it is the angle that the rod-butt pivots from the beginning until the end of the cast but this is not specific enough because the […]

From when the fly-line is first peeled off the water until the launch point in the forward delivery, the fly-line must be kept constantly under tension, otherwise it cannot be controlled. There are some special casts which utilise slack line to achieve a desired effect, such as a negative mend but these are special cases […]

The fly-rod can be used as a lever but perhaps not in the same way as we visualise a normal lever, such as in the case crowbar which can be used for applying a lot of force with very little physical effort. When we want to we can use the fly-rod to the move the […]

To execute a cast expertly there are a number of  casting criteria which have to be fulfilled. These are: ontinuous tension -To maintain control of the fly-line it must always be under tension. cceleration – During the power stroke the rod-tip must be continuously accelerated and then brought to an abrupt stop whilst the rod-tip […]