Re: [VFB] DonO, Florida memories

[DMurphy832]

In a message dated 7/30/2004 5:55:22 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What type of saltwater are you planning? Shore wading/casting Flats boat for shallows, mangroves, bayous, inlets: snook, reds, spots, tarpon, etc. Heavy inshore-boat:  Jacks, kings, blues, stripers, small tuna, roosterfish, etc. All three of these eventually. Practice casting into your backing with general accuracy.  Distance may be all you need in many situations.  Learn to double-haul straight into the wind and still get an 85' cast.  Learn to get distance with one false cast.  Learn to cast to where the fish are heading, not where they are.  Learn to cast from a rolling deck in heavy seas.  Learn to cast larger, heavier, wet flies. Exactly my problem!  I'm a self taught caster as Byard can attest but have no clue what a double haul is and I can tie 100 knots in the wind that you've never seen before.  I need several false casts to get out 85' of line and am clueless as to how to do it in one.  As for where the fish are heading, my casts of that distance are usually about 5' or more away from the fish so I might possibly end up to "where they are heading" if the wind carries my line in that direction.   Casting from a rolling deck is much easier to me as I've spent much of my life on boats and have a 24' cabin cruiser that has no place in high seas but I do have a knack for taking my/other boats safely through all kinds of seas and weather.   Casting larger, heavier wet flys has always been a challenge to me but somewhat attributed to often using rods, lines and leaders not proportioned to them.  This part I can learn.   Thanks for the response.   Murf, the trolling gnome  (Yes Byard, I'm STILL tyin)