Our casting course was developed from many years of guiding and teaching short casting lessons spaced many months apart. We realised that if our customers were not able to practice or fish as often as they liked we would be teaching the same casts over again. Our aim with the casting course is to deliver a series of casting lessons spaced within a few weeks apart to really enable us to build on the understanding of the casts to really enhance the casting and fishing skills of our customers. SINGLE HANDED CASTING COURSE Session 1: Over head casting principles, pick up and lay down cast, controlling loop shapes. Leader and rod, reel, line setup. Session 2: 5 Essentials in fly casing, Re-cap on previous session, varying casting stroke/arc and timing to amount of line used. Double hauling and control of casts at distance. Session 3: Roll cast into overhead casting and double hauling. Spey casts on the water, retrieves and tactics. Knot tying and fly selection. Session 4: Entomology, tactics, theory quiz, and session on the water catching fish. Fish handling. Homework: Theory of casting principles to be understood and tested on. SPEY CASTING COURSE Session 1: Spey Casting Principles, Efficient Roll casts & Double Spey (or Circle C depending on wind). Session 2: 5 essentials in spey casting, re-cap on previous session and introduce Circle C (or double spey depending on wind). Session 3: Which casts for when, re-cap on previous session, introduce single spey (or snake roll depending on wind). Session 4: Re-cap on last session, introduce Snake roll (or single spey depending on wind), combine with some fishing on the River Dee to put into real fishing application. Homework: We will cover theory of the casting mechanics to ensure a thorough understanding.
