7 Fly Fishing Tips Tip No: 1
When casting a fly, remember that a back cast takes as long to unfurl as the forward cast. Few people wait until the fly line is extended on their back cast before starting their forward cast. I know I am guilty of this.Typically I move the fly rod not only too soon, but when I don’t feel any resistance when I start the cast this early, I move the rod too far forward.
This results in either a big inefficient loop, or splashing the fly line into the water - not very subtle. Trust in the loop. It will not drop down towards the ground until it has completely unfurled. Try visualization, when you stop your stroke on the back cast, visualize the line unfolding in front of you.
If you visualize it reaching the end, only then start your forward cast. If you’re not good at visualization, just count. Tap your foot or think like a metronome, anything to establish a rhythm.
Slow it down or speed it up as needed. When it fits the timing of your forward cast it will also match the timing of your backcast.
Most importantly don’t t forget to change the rhythm when you change the length of your line - a longer fly line takes longer to unfurl, a shorter one less time.
Happy casting.
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Jozsef Bagdi of Kilpeddar with a fine Tope estimated at 25 Kg caught and released off Greystones. www.quicktackle.ie
Excellent sea trout fishing
The sea trout fishing in Denmark and the southern Sweden has been
excellent for the last couple of weeks. Two weeks ago expert fly tier
and sportsfishing journalist Andreas Aggerlund was fishing in Denmark
with Peter Kirkby from Kinetic. Peter was fishing from the shore while
Andreas was flyfishing and covering a little deeper water from his
pontoon boat. The latter proved to be the best tactic as Andreas hooked
a huge trout in prime condition. After an intense fight the fish was
landed and it was indeed huge: 5.0 kilos and 70 cm were the measures –
the biggest trout Andreas has ever caught on a flyrod. The fish was
caught using a Rio Fast intermediate Sea Trout Shootinghead and a
tubefly imitating a small sandeel. This clear shootinghead is a
favorite for most of Andreas´ flyfishing from shore or pontoon boat and
it was stripped in at a fast pace (almost as fast as possible) when the
trout took the fly.
Next day Peter and Andreas were out again. This day Andreas decided to
try spinfishing and it proved to be a good choice as he caught another
impressive trout. This one was 4.7 kilos and took a Magic Minnow Sømmet
inline lure.
The following weekend Andreas decided to go to Sweden and was rewarded
with another big fish. Once again Magic Minnow Sømmet did the job. This
time the weight of the trout was 3.1 kilo.
Same weekend as Andreas was going from Denmark to Sweden, Swedish
Daniel Nilsson from Kinetic did just the opposite. Together with some
of the Danish Kinetic guys he was boatfishing in Denmark. Out of
several trouts caught on Sømmet that day Daniel had the biggest at
approximately 4 kilos. This was a large colored fish that was released
right after the capture and it was also a personal best for Daniel.
During the weekend that just passed Peter Kirkby from Kinetic was out
again. For the last many trips he had been quite successful
spinflyfishing with a clear/intermediate 20g Bombette / casting float
and a Unique Flies RPO Yellow Tail. This combination worked excellent
on a lot of smaller trout’s and some nicer ones up to 63 cm.
This weekend the rig worked again and so did Sømmet. A nice fish
estimated at 3-4 kilos was lost on the Yellowtail fly and soon after a
55 cm fish was caught and released using the same fly. Later on Peter
changed spot and tried fishing in some big waves as the wind picked up.
Using Sømmet he was immediately rewarded with a beautiful 2.4 kilo /
59 cm fish and later on two other trout’s around 1-1.5 kg were also
tempted by the inline lure.
Pictures:
High res versions of the attached pictures can be downloaded from this
link:
https://www.yousendit.com/download/TEhYMWZPK3hwM2xjR05Vag
pictures by Peter Kirkby & Elias Narvelo / http://www.kineticfishing.com/
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equipment.
Don’t hesitate to send us a report and a picture: info@quicktackle.ie
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A fine Sea Trout weighing over 4 Kg
News from Kinetic Fishing
Excellent sea trout fishing
The sea trout fishing in Denmark and the southern Sweden has been
excellent for the last couple of weeks. Two weeks ago expert fly tier
and sportsfishing journalist Andreas Aggerlund was fishing in Denmark
with Peter Kirkby from Kinetic. Peter was fishing from the shore while
Andreas was flyfishing and covering a little deeper water from his
pontoon boat. The latter proved to be the best tactic as Andreas hooked
a huge trout in prime condition. After an intense fight the fish was
landed and it was indeed huge: 5.0 kilos and 70 cm were the measures –
the biggest trout Andreas has ever caught on a flyrod. The fish was
caught using a Rio Fast intermediate Sea Trout Shootinghead and a
tubefly imitating a small sandeel. This clear shootinghead is a
favorite for most of Andreas´ flyfishing from shore or pontoon boat and
it was stripped in at a fast pace (almost as fast as possible) when the
trout took the fly.
Next day Peter and Andreas were out again. This day Andreas decided to
try spinfishing and it proved to be a good choice as he caught another
impressive trout. This one was 4.7 kilos and took a Magic Minnow Sømmet
inline lure.
The following weekend Andreas decided to go to Sweden and was rewarded
with another big fish. Once again Magic Minnow Sømmet did the job. This
time the weight of the trout was 3.1 kilo.
Same weekend as Andreas was going from Denmark to Sweden, Swedish
Daniel Nilsson from Kinetic did just the opposite. Together with some
of the Danish Kinetic guys he was boatfishing in Denmark. Out of
several trouts caught on Sømmet that day Daniel had the biggest at
approximately 4 kilos. This was a large colored fish that was released
right after the capture and it was also a personal best for Daniel.
During the weekend that just passed Peter Kirkby from Kinetic was out
again. For the last many trips he had been quite successful
spinflyfishing with a clear/intermediate 20g Bombette / casting float
and a Unique Flies RPO Yellow Tail. This combination worked excellent
on a lot of smaller trout’s and some nicer ones up to 63 cm.
This weekend the rig worked again and so did Sømmet. A nice fish
estimated at 3-4 kilos was lost on the Yellowtail fly and soon after a
55 cm fish was caught and released using the same fly. Later on Peter
changed spot and tried fishing in some big waves as the wind picked up.
Using Sømmet he was immediately rewarded with a beautiful 2.4 kilo /
59 cm fish and later on two other trout’s around 1-1.5 kg were also
tempted by the inline lure.
Pictures:
High res versions of the attached pictures can be downloaded from this
link:
https://www.yousendit.com/download/TEhYMWZPK3hwM2xjR05Vag
pictures by Peter Kirkby & Elias Narvelo / http://www.kineticfishing.com/
If you have news on big fish caught using our tackle, lures or
equipment.
Don’t hesitate to send us a report and a picture: info@quicktackle.ie
That’s what it’s all about. Tight lines.
