Posted on March 08 2011
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Orvis head instructor Truel Myers.
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[Editor's note: Over the next couple of weeks, Truel Myers, head instructor at the Orvis Fly-Fishing Schools, will walk us through The Orvis Progressive Method to Fly Casting. This is the teaching methodology used at all Orvis fly-fishing schools, and it's designed on a building-blocks approach that begins with the most basic mechanics of the cast and moves toward the double haul.]
Step 1. The Basic (Pick-up and Lay-Down) Casting Stroke
This is the simplest way to learn the proper mechanics for the casting stroke. You are not trying to keep the line in the air or work line out through the guides. Instead, you are going to start and end with. . .
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