I have been having trouble casting with a fly fishing rod?

When I cast the line it doesnt land in a straight line and doesn’t go far enough. I have motion down but I just cant seem to get the line straight or far enough. This is for the upcoming trout season. please help.

MR T and fishstellhead, thanks for the compliments, now lets get this sorted out shall we, firstly it sounds as though you are going wrong on your back cast and possibly on your forward cast too, if you are attempting double haul, then don’t if your just starting out, release only on the forward cast, it also sounds as though your action of holding the rod and angle of cast is wrong, to put it simply think of the back and forward cast like the face of a clock go from 10 to 10 and 10 past 2, don’t exceed this also take your time, practice makes perfect, if you follow this you shouldn’t go too wrong, also i suggest you use a WF line as this will help you to “shoot” the line further, when it comes to fishing use a tapered leader to help your casts and if your still having problems i suggest you get some casting lessons which WILL help you improve. This will help you, just i ignore the first part listen to the casting part.

Also

http://www.sexyloops.com/flycasting/contents.shtml

One last thing, what type of rod are you using, it needs to be a medium to fast action to get the most out of your casts to start with a 7wt line is the best to start with, dont use double taper yet. Go for a rod length above 9feet to start aswell.

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