I promised Rickard I would return to this topic at my earliest convenience. It turns out Rickard was surprised to discover that many people think that accuracy and distance fly casting are distinctly different things. People might even put you into one or the other category as a fly fisher. We all must understand that the ability to cast distance comes at a great cost. You must learn to cast a rod straight to and straight away from your target while also being able to maintain control over the loop you are forming. The better you are at those things the more potential you have to cast a fly “far.”
(With a Morpheus voice)
What if I were to tell you that casting accurately required the same skills necessary to cast long distances?

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One of the most interesting aspects of flycasting coaching is experimenting. A long time ago I realised it was easier to make stroke changes in a different stroke. There is obviously some science behind this and it’s easier to make a big change than a small one. It’s easier to work on a similar part of a pattern in another stroke that isn’t cemented. For the same reason that taking a strategic break from training a certain discipline, can often allow new summits to be reached once the training resumes.

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Growing up in the lush green countryside of Ireland it didn’t take me long before I began to explore my surroundings. The walk to my local shop at a young age took me over an old stone bridge. I would peer over and look at the brown trout as they lay still occasionally moving for a nymph or fly that was travelling down their food lane. At times the trout would dart off faster than my eyes could follow, leaving me trying to chase a shadow. It wasn't long before I realised it was my shadow that was cast on the riverbed as I peered over that caused the Trout to show me their shadow. A lesson that stayed with me throughout my fly-fishing career and certainly helped me claim a few fish I wouldn't have caught without my shadow knowledge.

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It seems like it would make sense to follow on from last week’s floating fry with a look at some subsurface options for targeting fry feeders. Perhaps not as visually exciting as topwater, but still a very good option.

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Last weekend we had first reindeer slaughter and reindeer season is opened now. Mondsy I was able to "finish" paddock extension as I made gate so now it is "ready". Well I have to fix gate, make 3 more gate from old to new and I need built other extension for our boys on other paddock. So lot of work still be done.
 
This week has been really rainy so I didn't mind to be shortly in military service. Weekend looks really wet also and as temperatures are around 6 celsius it will be mostly indoor life. It gives time to read and maybe finish book I started to read now and then. Book is "Fit to fish, how to tackle fishing injuries". I don't know if you know the book, it tells how some injuries will come during casting and fishing, how to avoid them and if you got one how to recover. I think writers are doctor and physiotherapist and both do fly fishing and have been given treatment to fisherman.

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I have mentioned before that the season for seatrout differs a lot along the Swedish coast. Some areas are open the year around. Many of the areas with different rules closes at September 30, many of them open at January 1. The general area I fish in open at April 1 and closes at September 30, with a little exception. A “small” part of the area has an exception, here we are allowed to fish until October 14. We call these the bonus weeks.

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