I practice casting most days I don't go fishing, maybe just 20 mins each time but enough to pick up a rod and hopefully learn/improve. Most days I'm pretty consistent and hopefully getting a bit better but on the odd day like today I can't cast a good loop for the life of me! Tried for 10mins and had to give up, all over the place! It was like my body had forgotten how to do it. Maybe better tomorrow.
Not really a question or looking for answers just an annoying observation!!

Andy

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I believe most casting problems occur when you are trying too hard. Learn to relax.

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Your mind needs to know and understand exactly how to do it before your body does. If you dont understand fully what you are trying to do you will end up in the mess you describe.

There are whole load of fly casting basics that everyone must adhere to in order to make clean casts, do you know what they are?

Hello dont worry it can happen, having been flyfishing over 40 years there has been a few occasions where ive gone fishing and my casting seemed to have a mind of its own, maybe its old age for me anyway keep going and enjoy your fishing

You need to get youself a lesson or two

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Have you been to the stage of throwing your rod away walking away and coming back to it been there numerous times. Noel

Whilst on the right path, perhapse relax isn't quite the right word.

Don't "try". Trying too hard is usually the problem. Try not to do it. Come at the problem from the other side.

There's a logic gene missing from fly fishermen. If you put your hand in a fire and it's hot you pull it out! Logic wins!

But If a cast is going out wrong, it must need a little bit more, it's collapsing. So your average fly fisher adds a bit more power. it doesn't work... so they add a little bit more power and it gets worse, so they add a bit more power (usually till they are purple.) But logic says that at the very first try, they should have done the opposite. adding power didn't work so I must reduce power. But no one *ever* does.

Next time it goes wrong, attack from the rear. Try and make the cast without trying in the slightest. With so little power it couldn't possibly work then add a tiny bit more and a tiny bit more (lets say 10% of what you would usually cast with) and chances are, unless you are making some really fundamental mistakes) the line will go out.

Less is always more in fly casting. if you arewn't using enough power to upset the rod (creating casting problems) then you can't upset the rod.

C

I think it was the late Mr Krieger who said "Don't try hard, try easy" possibly the best advice I have heard in relation to casting.
TK