Improve your fly fishing back cast

Is your fly fishing cast way too low in the back? Is a big sag in your line preventing it getting straight behind you? If so, this means much of your forward stroke is used to straighten out the slack caused by a poor or improper back cast. If you can use your entire back cast stroke to pull on a straight and tight line, you will be able to cast farther with less effort going forward. With more efficient strokes, you can deliver a fly at varying distances without having to use extra power.

In oder to be able to have our back casts straighten out fully, they must be directed out behind us and not directly down into the ground or water. The cast only unrolls the direction the rod tip was travelling just before it stopped. If the wrist is used to finish the stroke, the tip will go down directly behind the angler and so does the line. In this fly casting tutorial, you will see that exact scenario and how you can correct it.