01-31-2011, 01:30 AM
The older Medialists were good reels. I still have one. It just won't die, and I don't know how to kill it! [laugh][laugh]![[Image: shocked.gif]](http://../../../images/gforum/shocked.gif)
Practice your roll cast on water. A roll cast just doesn't work well on grass. It needs the adhesion of the water to load your rod properly. If you can, find an open pond to try it on first.
For the other casting ---- I whipped a lot of flies off when I was learning. Practice some with a piece of yarn, instead of a fly on your line, out in a field somewhere to get your timing down. It isn't strength, so easy does it, and let the line have a little time behind you so you don't "crack the whip". Think smoooth... [
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Practice your roll cast on water. A roll cast just doesn't work well on grass. It needs the adhesion of the water to load your rod properly. If you can, find an open pond to try it on first.
For the other casting ---- I whipped a lot of flies off when I was learning. Practice some with a piece of yarn, instead of a fly on your line, out in a field somewhere to get your timing down. It isn't strength, so easy does it, and let the line have a little time behind you so you don't "crack the whip". Think smoooth... [
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