Hey,
I'm trying to become a more elegant fly fisher. I've observed several people with alot more skill than me picking there line up and laying it down immediately with no fuss and a straight leader. I'm using a 5wt rod with wt forward line. I have a 7.5ft. 4x leader with additional 4x and 5x tippet to about total nine ft. I'm finding it difficult to cast intermediate to short distances with small flys(20's). Leader lands in a heap. On longer casts with size 14 parachutes the fly foats out of the sky nicely and comes to rest on the water like a bug. I'm suspecting this is mainly lack of technique on my part, but also wonder if overlining the rod would help with shorter casts and if I should try a shorter leader. Thanks, Frogge.
I'm trying to become a more elegant fly fisher. I've observed several people with alot more skill than me picking there line up and laying it down immediately with no fuss and a straight leader. I'm using a 5wt rod with wt forward line. I have a 7.5ft. 4x leader with additional 4x and 5x tippet to about total nine ft. I'm finding it difficult to cast intermediate to short distances with small flys(20's). Leader lands in a heap. On longer casts with size 14 parachutes the fly foats out of the sky nicely and comes to rest on the water like a bug. I'm suspecting this is mainly lack of technique on my part, but also wonder if overlining the rod would help with shorter casts and if I should try a shorter leader. Thanks, Frogge.