Product Description

Hone your fly-casting skills in just a few hours!

The better you can cast, the more you'll enjoy fly-fishing. With good casting technique you can place the fly where you want it, effortlessly and with precision and grace, even when wind or obstructions conspire against you. In Master the Cast, George V. Roberts Jr., a lifelong fly-fisher and sought-after instructor, walks you through a course that breaks the complicated mechanics into a few simple components. Then, with the help of hundreds of photos and illustrations, he shows you how to master these in seven concise lessons, including:

• The Roll Cast, which builds your rod-arm mechanics (how the hand, wrist, forearm, and upper arm function to make the rod work)
• The Pick-Up-and-Lay-Down Cast, which forms the foundation of all straight-line casting
• False Casting, which allows you to keep the fly airborne for several strokes before delivering it
• plus Shooting Line, Casting in All Planes, Drift and Follow-Through, Off-Vertical Casting, and an advanced lesson on Hauling

Master the Cast is an indispensable resource for all fly-fishers, beginner to advanced, that will have you casting flies with confidence, precision, and consistency after only a few hours' practice.

"Most fly-fishers cast mechanically without understanding the mechanics of the cast. But understanding precisely what is going on and why is what makes a good caster into an excellent one. George Roberts understands casting mechanics inside and out, and his Master the Cast will help you do just that."—James R. Babb, editor, Gray's Sporting Journal

Praise for George Roberts' A Fly-Fisher's Guide to Saltwater Naturals and Their Imitation:

"A book in a class by itself."—Fly Fishing Saltwater

"It is difficult to overestimate the importance of this book."—The Fly-Tyer's Catalog

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #29671 in Books
• Published on: 2005-03-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 160 pages

From the Back Cover

Hone your fly-casting skills in just a few hours!

The better you can cast, the more you'll enjoy fly-fishing. With good casting technique you can place the fly where you want it, effortlessly and with precision and grace, even when wind or obstructions conspire against you. In Master the Cast, George V. Roberts Jr., a lifelong fly-fisher and sought-after instructor, walks you through a course that breaks the complicated mechanics into a few simple components. Then, with the help of hundreds of photos and illustrations, he shows you how to master these in seven concise lessons, including:

• The Roll Cast, which builds your rod-arm mechanics (how the hand, wrist, forearm, and upper arm function to make the rod work)
• The Pick-Up-and-Lay-Down Cast, which forms the foundation of all straight-line casting
• False Casting, which allows you to keep the fly airborne for several strokes before delivering it
• plus Shooting Line, Casting in All Planes, Drift and Follow-Through, Off-Vertical Casting, and an advanced lesson on Hauling

Master the Cast is an indispensable resource for all fly-fishers, beginner to advanced, that will have you casting flies with confidence, precision, and consistency after only a few hours' practice.

"Most fly-fishers cast mechanically without understanding the mechanics of the cast. But understanding precisely what is going on and why is what makes a good caster into an excellent one. George Roberts understands casting mechanics inside and out, and his Master the Cast will help you do just that."—James R. Babb, editor, Gray's Sporting Journal

Praise for George Roberts' A Fly-Fisher's Guide to Saltwater Naturals and Their Imitation:

"A book in a class by itself."—Fly Fishing Saltwater

"It is difficult to overestimate the importance of this book."—The Fly-Tyer's Catalog

George V. Roberts Jr. has been fly-fishing since age seven and now teaches fly casting throughout the country. He is a frequent contributor to Saltwater Fly Fishing, Fly Tyer, and On the Water, among other magazines, and he is the author of A Fly-Fisher's Guide to Saltwater Naturals and Their Imitation, which won the United Fly Tyers' Book of the Year Award for 1994.

About the Author

George V. Roberts Jr. teaches fly casting throughout the country. He contributes to Saltwater Fly Fishing, Fly Tyer, and On the Water and is the author of A Fly-Fisher's Guide to Saltwater Naturals and Their Imitation.

Customer Reviews

Master the Cast : Fly Casting in Seven Lessons
This book is in a class of its own, it is a facinating read for those fly fishers that are interested in the mechanics of the casting action. It is also a very useful guide and companion for those that are or already have chosen the vocation of professional fly casting instructors. This book explains all manner of casting techniques in supreme detail, and also how to go about correcting faults that already exsist within your casting technique.

However if you are a novice or beginner, then you might find some of the detailed explanations of the casting mechanics a little dry or difficult to understand fully. I personally find this book extremely useful as I am striving not only to improve my own technique, but wish to become a casting instructor myself. All in all, a fantastic book and an excellent read, I would highly recommend this to others- four stars.

Master The Cast
This is THE book on fly casting. Everything's here, however it's not particularly well written and extracting the information is hard work. But if you're determined enough, and can persevere with the author's impenetrable style, then you'll put yards on your cast.

if you buy only one book on casting it should be this one.
being possibly the lowest priced book on the subject out there, the contents come as a bit of a surprise, for beginners its thorough, for intermediates there is extra detail and it goes further, much more than the same old mechanical instruction, one of the few books or dvd's that actually does help in practice.
up there with joan wulf's, superb book.