How to Cast a Fly Rod for Beginners (5 Fly Casting Tips That Will Help!)

Nice video, thank you. Beautiful catch, glad it happened in this video.

Lets Go Edmonton want to see McDavid raise Lord Stanley

Bro, this is literally the best video out there on casting and I am not kidding.

I tried these suggestions and they worked. Mostly because they are common sense. Helped to look at the back cast, which I had never tried. It isn't that complicated when you get the idea.

I haven’t been FLY fishing in almost 30 years, thought it would be like riding a bike, but…NO. Thanks for the awesome quick guide, I just had to get back to the basics! I’ll watch your other vids now, I have two weeks till my upcoming trip. Tight lines y’all!

Thumb on the back of the rod actually made a huge difference. Learned something new.

From the comments, it looks like I stumbled across the best vids first! Thanks! Step-Dad just got me my first fly rod and we are headed out to fish for sockeye on the Klutina in an hour. Never touched one before so I'll be cramming your videos between now and then. Wish me luck!

Bless you holy fuck. I been kinda raw dawging the fly fishing and while successful I needed some help getting that line out further. Went right out to the driveway to test out the techniques you showed and I have improved tremendously in a single false cast😄.

I'd kill the text at the bottom, or at the very least, the typing noise. Doesn't add much and it's really distracting from what you're saying

Great video! I am pleased to see that I've been on the right track as a self-taught newbie. Just need a bit of fine tuning. Appreciate the lesson. 👊🏼

My grandfather taught me when I was a kid and I haven’t fly fished in almost 20 years . Finally getting a new one and definitely need a refresher

Didn’t help at all

Hey brother. Sitting here with my kids, and we're watching your video because they want to learn how to fly fish. Thank you for what you do.

Very helpful thank you!

Love how you caught that while teaching us!

I dont fly fish but it lowkey seems so fun and that fish was just perfect

Oh wow I been out here casting like crazy and putting my line on the water then full casting again. I didn’t even know about false casting .

Man, I was PUMPED when you caught that random fish you spotted! What a beauty! Fish was nice, too 😂 thanks for the video, man!

Thanks, Just got my first fly rod setup and now it's time to start casting, very good tips that are easily digestible.

Just watched your video - I'm PUMPED to go out there and cast like a pro! Thank you for the star wars inspiration - may the force be with you too!

My dad was an amazing caster, really took for granted what he could have taught me but like fathers and son throughout history… if he thought it was cool it must be BOGUS! Oh well maybe in the next life I’ll fly fish with Dad

About to start fly fishing! Thanks for this great video.

That helps

👋👋👋

i really need practice with my fly rod again...

Question. Do you use a cover on the reel handle to make it easier to use? I think Mad River calls it a Knucklehead.

I have a 9ft 5wt rod with 7”5 ft 5x leader. What size fly should I use?. I put on a fly and didn’t get far “distance”. I’m a super beginner… thanks.

Wanting to get into Fly fishing and been watching beginner casting videos for days and some that was 30 mins long and never got to the point, would also assume the people watching knew how much line to pull out etc. you got to the point and actually went step by step. Just a great video easy to follow. Some people just don’t know how to teach others. You did so good. Thank you! New sub!

That 'thumb' tip is always the first thing I tell new fly fishers. I don't know whether to describe it as leverage or something else, but you are so much more steady for using it.

The girlfriend and I were talking about starting to fly fish next year. Thank you for the great tutorial👍🏻👍🏻

Very nice video , this morning I went to the river to do a bit of fly casting I hadn’t picked up a fly rod in years , I found it felt like my main line was sticky to slid through the runners , best I could do maybe15-20 feet and it was labouring work to get it there with lots of false cats , I’m thinking maybe some Vaseline on the runners and see if that resolves the line problem other than that yes I need practice.👍

Fly Fish Dan is kinda hot

Very helpful. Thanks! Really great content.

I was watching this zoomed in by mistake and the key stroke sounds were confusing the heck out of me.

Great info...but the typing sound is annoying

I'm newer to fly fishing. Been a long time. Perfect video. Looking forward to getting out this coming spring here in CT. This video is great. I'm going to use a fly rod my gramps made. He passed over 20 years ago so my first trip out with this rod will make it even more meaningful.Thank you!

Just tried for the first time today, just my opinion after first day, i think the equipment has a lot to do with it. I cant get that sucker to go more than about 2' at a time. So i gotta do a bunch of false casts. Im gunna try this stuff next time i go.

Excellent tutorial for beginners and everyone in between.

Thanks that was so helpful

1-1 1/2 false cast and let it fly. .ocasionaly2-2,5 to let it fly .get that fly in the water.50 years of experience here

I feel like I seen you on south river few days ago

Nice video, thank you! I appreciate the nice slow explanation and different camera angles. And just curious, How much did you pay that fish to make the perfect cameo?

I started fly fishing about 65 years ago with a cane pole, fishing line and some mono for a leader. I caught my first bluegill on the South Concho river in San Angelo, Texas, and I’ve been hooked ever since. Thanks for the great video.

Got my fly rod yesterday. Can’t wait to get out there. Thank you for such an informational video!!

Here in the UK, complete beginner, so easy to follow your advice Thanks very much!!

Dude, I'm sorry. This typing sound being louder than your voice was too much. I'd love to get into fly fishing but, damn.

I feel that after watching this I can finally start my fly fishing journey 😭🤞

Elbow snot 😂