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Shadow Cast: The Jury Has Reached a Verdict!

JB — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:52:05 +0000

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Fly Casting as Art in Film

JB — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 16:08:14 +0000

Within the Jazz & Fly Fishing Shadow Cast Competition (that I recently finished judging with an iron fist), there was one entry that stood out in a way that I had not expected. It came from the guys at Fly Society Belgium, and is, to my eye, simply beautiful. When you see it, you realize [...]

Cast Trajectory & Head Winds (in 500 Words)

JB — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:08:14 +0000

Today we are having the first really serious Pacific storm of the year here in the Portland area. Slashing rain and wind gusts over 40 mph are on tap, and it got me thinking about casting in the wind—specifically into head-winds. I have a lot to say about the subject, but to keep things reasonable, [...]

Last Week of the Shadow Cast Competition

JB — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 18:55:43 +0000

This week is your last chance at “eternal fly casting glory” from the boys over at Jazz & Fly Fishing. Think you have the world’s most creative (or at least funniest) Shadow Cast? Then don’t delay, get your video cam out and make the rainbows rise (or run, more likely). Fabulous prizes and international fame [...]

A Quick Analyzer Post for the Casting Geeks

JB — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 16:09:04 +0000

Been way too long since I had an appropriate level of casting geekery here at FF&W, so here you go… In digging back through the mountains of electronic files and folders lurking on my hard drive under the heading “Fly Casting,” I came across a stack of images from April of 2000. Among them were [...]

Making the Cast

JB — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 18:11:54 +0000

With the IFTD show having been in New Orleans this past weekend, I got to thinking about saltwater, cruising fish and the casting required to do what needs to be done. Fortunately, I already have a short article on the subject here at hand. It’s a piece that has recently appeared in Fly Fish America [...]

(Last, Last-Minute) Casting Clinics – Camp Sherman, OR

JB — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 16:09:20 +0000

As I posted last week, I’m going to be doing two casting clinics at the 12th Annual Metolius River Flyfishing and Bamboo Rod Fair in Camp Sherman, Oregon, July 16-17 (near the greater Bend/Sisters area). The Saturday clinic is now full, but the Sunday clinic still has spots. The clinic runs 730a – 930a, with a max of [...]

Speaking of Shadow Casting, There’s This Contest…

JB — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 18:11:26 +0000

Speaking of Shadow Casting (see the previous post), my friends over at Jazz & Fly Fishing have a little competition they are running through the summer. It involves Shadow Casting, videotaping, and a lot of tongue-in-cheek. Although Shadow Casting can be sometimes be *very serious* business, this contest is not. Of course, if you can [...]

Best Casting Tattoo Ever

JB — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 05:53:27 +0000

I’ve seen a few fly-casting tattoos over the years, but this one is the best (at least to me). Saw it in Portland when I was down in the Mississippi district. Not every day that one sees a shadow casting tattoo from ARRTI walking past. I stopped the guy (Bob Stenson) and asked to him about [...]

(Last-Minute) Casting Clinics – Camp Sherman, OR

JB — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 19:12:14 +0000

I’m going to be doing two casting clinics at the 12th Annual Metolius River Flyfishing and Bamboo Rod Fair in Camp Sherman, Oregon, July 16-17. It’s a last-minute thing, admittedly, but if there are any interested readers who might be in the greater Bend/Sisters, Oregon area at that time, the clinics run 730a – 930a (one [...]

O-Ring Method (Shooting Line)

JB — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 19:12:01 +0000

Shooting line—allowing extra line to slide out through the rod guides as the line loop unrolls—is a core skill in fly fishing. Of course, like many things in fly fishing, just taking a “whatever goes” approach to shooting line can often result in less-then-desireable (read: make you angry) results. The O-Ring Method, while not an [...]

The New Look of “Nature of Fly Casting”

JB — Mon, 23 May 2011 02:07:10 +0000

Above is a sneak peak at the inside of Nature of Fly Casting version 2.0. This is a chunk of the first page of Chapter One as it stands now (final edit has not been done). For those of you with a copy of the first version, I think you’ll immediately see some changes in [...]

About My “Nature of Fly Casting” Book…

JB — Sun, 08 May 2011 19:21:44 +0000

I’ve rather suddenly gotten a number of emails in the last few days (actually weeks) asking about my now out-of-print Nature of Fly Casting book. I scrounged up two more copies that were damaged and those went to a couple of casters in the UK. I literally have nothing remaining, except for a copy in [...]

Bow & Arrow Cast

JB — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 00:05:50 +0000

Up-close-and-personal fishing can be one of fly fishing’s most exciting aspects. At very close ranges, however, “normal” casting is often not possible or desirable. What to do? No problem, just break out your Bow and Arrow (cast, that is). I consider it a “must-have” technique for any angler who likes fishing at super-close ranges. Also [...]