The Fly Casting Lesson comical effect on the Rookie Fly Fishers !
In an attempt to match our new found wildly exciting passion for fly fishing and fly fishing trips away with some degree of skill we joined a local Anglers club and were delighted to find they had free casting lessons. We sauntered into our first meeting and could hardly contain our impatient excitement until the casting lessons began. Just to be amongst it again, the atmosphere, the gear, tackle, flyfishing rods - fisher's heaven ....... mmmmmmnnn should be fun......... We listened to the tips and techniques, then there was a mad rush when to get there before everyone else . We didn't win the race to cast first and as we waited our turn watching everyone else casting the lines whirred back and forth at high speed in uncontrolled directions. Excitement gave way to fear and panic and to avoid the flicking lines we flattened out against the fence and tried desperately to look nonchalant and relaxed as the lines flew around narrowly missing our faces and swishing ...