Essence of Flycasting

Name: Essence of Flycasting
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ISBN: 9780881505054

ISBN-10: 0881505056

ISBN-13: 9780881505054

Edition: 2001

Authors: Mel Krieger, Ben Blackwell, A. J. McClane

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List price: $49.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/17/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 142
Size: 8.46" wide x 10.94" long x 0.44" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

Ben Blackwell's photographs hang in the permanent collections ofThe Spenser Museum of Art, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, andthe International Center of Photography.



Preface to the Countryman Press Edition


Foreword


Introduction


The Mechanics of Flycasting


Position of the Casting Arc


Size of the Casting Stroke, or Arc


Forming the Casting Loop


Shape of the Casting Loop


Size of the Casting Loop


Equipment


Fly Rod


Fly Reel


Fly Lines


Leaders


General Rod/Line Table


Form in Flycasting


Grip


Hand and Arm Position


Foot Position


The Wrist in Flycasting


Summing Up


The Roll Cast


Off-Shoulder Roll Cast


Long Roll Cast


The Basic Flycast


Pick Up and Lay Down Cast


False Cast


Off-Shoulder Cast


The Line Hand


Shooting Line


The Application of Power


Variable Flycasting Strokes


On the Lawn


The Fly Rod


Rod Stiffness in Flycasting


Rod Action in Flycasting


The Double Haul


Fly Rod Drift and the Belgian Cast


Belgian Cast


Presentation Casts


Straight Line Cast


Slack Line Cast


Bounce Cast


Wiggle Cast


Pile Cast


Fly First Cast


Reach Cast


Positive Curve Cast


Negative Curve Cast


Striking the Fish


Conclusion