Joan Wulff's New Fly-Casting Techniques

This remarkable book is for everyone who fishes with a fly rod - or wants to learn. With a fly rod, fishing for trout, salmon, bass, pike, panfish, or saltwater gamefish can become the most exciting kind of sport there is. Joan Wulff's New Fly Casting Techniquespioneers a set of casting "mechanics" and offers precise descriptive terms of every part of the cast. There are sections on line speed, improving accuracy and distance, loop control, shooting lines, aerial mending, the double haul, correcting common mistakes, and much, much more.This is the most comprehensive book ever written on fly casting - and it's for everyone from beginning to experienced anglers.

Joan Wulff is the first instructor to unravel the mystery of fly casting to the point of pioneering a set of mechanics. These were presented in her book, Fly Casting Techniques (1987). She is also the author of Joan Wulff's Fly Fishing: Expert Advice from a Woman's Perspective (1991), and Fly Casting Accuracy (1997). Her fly casting column appears in FLY ROD & REEL magazine. Joan has cast a fly an incredible 161 feet! Over a period of sixteen years, she has won an international and 17 national championships. Additionally, she continues to be the recipient of numerous awards relating to her efforts in both the fishing industry and conservation. In 1996 Joan offered the first-ever schools for instructors of fly casting, and became a consultant to the R.L. Winston Rod Company to further the development of tackle for women. for women

Table of Contents INTRODUCTION Chapter One: To Cast a Fly Chapter Two: The Area of Focus – Your Rod Hand and Arm Chapter Three: Basic Discipline Chapter Four: The Visual Connection Chapter Five: False Casting Chapter Six: Tailoring Your Loops Chapter Seven: Shooting Line Chapter Eight: Double and Single Hauls Chapter Nine: Casting for Distance Chapter Ten: Variation – The Oval Chapter Eleven: Fishing Adaptations Chapter Twelve: Wind Chapter Thirteen: The Saltwater "Quick Cast" Chapter Fourteen: Tackle Chapter Fifteen: Fly Casting Without a Fly Rod Chapter Sixteen: Practice -- Keep it Interesting Chapter Seventeen: An Introduction to Spey Casting Chapter Eighteen: Casting with a Handicap Chapter Nineteen: Introducing Youngsters to Fly Casting Afterword: Perfect Casts