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Tom Rowland Podcast

HOW 2 TUESDAY #39 - Fly Line Management In A Skiff

Tom Rowland Podcast

Waypoint TV

Sports, Wilderness, Health & Fitness

4.9903 Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2019

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Today we are going to talk about something that every guide has discussions with their clients about. I am even willing to say that this is the single most important thing to success in fly fishing. Believe it or not, I do not believe that your ability to cast is the most important thing in fly fishing for these fish. I say that, because I will see someone who has a really good cast but has a bad skill set in fly line management in a skiff. What does that mean? Full Article HERE.

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Visit boat trader.com to get started. Welcome to Tuesday, Tuesday, today. This is a really good one. It's springtime and there are a lot of people that are going down to try to catch a tarpin, a

1:06.4

bonefish, a permit, redfish, a lot of fly fishing going on either in the Florida Keys, the Bahamas, people are going to the Seychelles,

1:15.0

lots of different places, lots of different anglers headed to these destinations.

1:20.0

So the subject that we're going to go over today is something that every guide has discussions

1:29.2

with their clients about.

1:31.2

And I'm going to say that it is the single most important thing to success in fly fishing.

1:38.0

It's a big statement. I mean, we've gone over many different things about fly fishing out of a skiff and you know everything from how to practice how to get better at your cast and believe it or not I do not believe that your ability to cast is the most

1:57.8

important thing in fly fishing for these fish. And I'll say that because I've seen some really good

2:06.4

casters that have a really bad skill set in what we're going to go over today

2:12.4

and they don't do as well as a mediocre caster

2:16.2

that has really good skills and the skills that we're talking about are fly line management in a skiff.

2:24.0

Okay, fly line management, what does that mean exactly?

2:27.0

That means that when you have 60, 70, 80 feet of line in the boat waiting to cast, that it is in a nice orderly way that when

2:40.4

you cast it doesn't tangle, that the wind doesn't blow it out of the boat and cause all sorts of problems,

2:46.6

like getting around the trim tab, going under the boat, going around the bow, all kinds of things. You have to remember that this sport, no matter what

2:58.5

Instagram says, you know, when you look at somebody's Instagram profile and it's

3:03.0

and we caught so many fish today it's not always like that and in fact

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