You ever think and realize that the people throwing the farthest aren't trying harder,

they're actually doing less?

Less tension, less force, less wasted movement.

But somehow they get way more line speed, control, and distance.

Today's episode is one of those rare conversations where you'll get behind the scenes with three of the best flycasters in the world taking us through what actually separates good from elite.

Whitney Gould, Kaelan Hoggard and Rick Hartman are here to break it all down from the world championships of casting to what actually carries over in fly fishing.

This is the Webfly Swing podcast where I show you the best places to travel to for fly fishing, how to find the best resources and tools to prepare for that big trip, and what you can do to

give back to the fish species we all love.

We got a big one for you today.

Whitney, Caitlin, and Rick are going to break down some good stuff.

We're going to hear about the background on the World Casting Fly Championship.

We're going to find out what it actually takes to hold 80 feet a line in

the air without losing control. The biggest mistake almost everyone makes when trying to cast further.

We're going to talk about that today. How relaxing your grip can instantly improve your cast.

Rick goes into a great story here and how this all translate back to better fishing, whether

you're swinging flies or throwing

dry flies out there. We literally have three of the best flycasters in the world on this podcast today,

so I hope you enjoy it. Here we go. Whitney Gould, Rick Hartman, and Kaylin Hoggard. How are you all doing?

Doing great. A little beautiful day. Fantastic. Thank you. Right on. Well, this has been, like some of our best episodes, this has been a long time coming. You know, I think Whitney, we've been talking for a while trying to get you on the podcast. Rick, we've talked to you before. Kalin, you've obviously been out, and you're all, you've been here.

You've all been doing great things in flycasting. I mean, basically, essentially the best in the world. That's what I have lined up here. So I want to thank everyone for coming on here. And we're going to talk about the world championships. We're going to talk about whatever we go into here today. and I'm going to let, you know, I think Rick a little bit let you lead.

I'll have some questions here, but I'm excited to let you know I think Rick a little bit let you lead I'll have some

questions here but um okay I'm excited because I think that there's uh you know a lot of things we

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