Fly Casting

Episode Show Notes Today, we're sitting down with someone who has lived two deep lives, one on the PGA Tour and one on the flats...

We have a special episode for you where we dig into the art of fly fishing and fly casting straight from the heartland with our guest Marty McVey. We're gonna get into some on his journey from bait fisherman into fly fisherman, and now a respected fly casting instructor. We find out about the hidden gems of Iowa and some of the great opportunities in the Driftless. We talk about how Marty became a casting instructor and elevated his game. We get into some tips and tricks on that too, to help you with your game and your fly casting today. Marty does some casting instruction online as well. And then we're gonna talk about this challenge. We got a little fly-casting challenge I have for you at the end. I'm excited to start getting this one out there.

Curious how a 12-year-old girl managed to beat everyone and become the world fly-casting champion? Chris Korich, legendary casting coach to top champions like...

Today’s episode is special because we’ve got Bill Gammel, the creator of the Five Essentials of Fly Casting, a framework many experts swear by. Find...

In this episode, Bruce Richards, Scientific Anglers' guru and a master of fly casting, shares his six-step method to perfect your fly cast. Whether...

Paul Arden, an online casting instructor, and the man behind sexyloops.com is here to take us behind the scenes and how we put it all together. You're gonna find out what the four key blocks are to the fly cast and how you can implement them today. You're also gonna hear about why you should be walking while you fly cast to increase your skills there. And you're gonna find out why a 10 to 15-minute session is all it takes as you go to keep elevating your cast this year. Plus we're gonna find out how Paul catches snakehead and why this is such a cool and tough, challenging fish to catch in the part of the world he's living.

We have a very informative show coming your way, as I'm speaking with April Vokey from Anchored Outdoors, as well as Spey-O-Rama, world champion spey caster, Tim Arsenault. I've been friends with these two for many years and it's been exciting to watch them thrive as respected professionals in the fly fishing industry. April has her own educational media company, including one of the best podcast shows in the outdoor space. Tim runs a fly shop in Vancouver. He's highly sought after as a spa casting instructor and as his own line company. Today we're gonna talk high-level spey casting performance and gain some insight into the mindset of a successful steel header.

Kalyn Hoggard is here, certified casting instructor and record chasing brown trout master. He's going to give us some tips in his favorite casting drills to have better success on the water this year. You'll find out how to determine your max carry when casting, how to determine the max line that you can carry, and a drill around that, that exercise, we're gonna find out when to haul for the most speed out there, when to do the double haul, when to actually do it.

What do you do when your favorite spot is packed with other anglers or when you're navigating crowded rivers all day? Today we uncover...

Growing up by the Golden Gate Park, Tim never imagined that the casting ponds there would become a cornerstone of his journey in fly fishing. Yet, as Tim starts to reminisce, it's clear that those early days of bait fishing were just the beginning of his adventure into the craft of fly fishing, filled with the finesse of a straight-line rod tip path and the power of a double haul. It's like reeling in memories, from his first triumph over his brother in a casting competition to his progression from fishing lodge work to founding Echo Fly Rod Company.