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The Orvis Fly-Fishing Podcast

Video: Casting into the Wind with Pete Kutzer

The Orvis Fly-Fishing Podcast

James Hathaway

Bass, Fishing, Bonefish, Wilderness, Flyfishing, Trout, How To, Steelhead, Bluegill, Fly, Orvis, Sports, Salmon, Panfish, Education, Rosenbauer

4.81.9K Ratings

🗓️ 28 July 2011

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Over on OrvisNews.com we have a regular series called ASK A FLY FISHING INSTRUCTOR. Here is one of the more popular videos on casting into the wind.

OrvisNews.com reader Dave S. asked:

I think I have a pretty decent casting motion, but the biggest issue I have is in the wind. I always get that tailing loop, and my leader knots up. I think it's more pronounced in the wind because I strain harder. What practice tips can you give me to help?

In this video, Peter demonstrates how to beat the wind by casting lower, angling the rod tip, and even making the cast backwards.

Peter has been a fisherman all his life, and he has a degree in outdoor education from Johnson State College. He's also a seriously good caster, and during his years working for Orvis he has seen it all.

Transcript

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0:00.0

And the Our next question comes from Dave S he's asking about casting into the wind. He's getting

0:19.7

tailing loops dealing with those windy conditions. So a couple things you want to do is

0:24.3

cast a little bit differently in the wind. When you're dealing with a wind that comes

0:28.5

right at you or actually win from almost any direction a couple things you can do is actually make a low

0:33.4

angle cast. If you get this rod tip down low and cast underneath the wind, you're going to be able

0:39.3

to get that line to jump out much easier than if you're casting way up here in the wind.

0:44.0

Okay, so the first thing you want to do when you're dealing with the wind condition

0:47.0

is make a low angle cast. Have you ever seen birds flying around on the beach?

0:51.0

They're usually almost flying in between the waves. They're down

0:53.2

nice and low, so they're below that wind. So if we make our low angle cast, now we're

0:58.2

cutting that line out underneath the wind, we can deliver that fly much more effectively

1:02.1

to these fish.

1:04.0

So that's one thing you can do when you're dealing with a wind.

1:07.0

If you're dealing with a wind coming right at you, right at your face,

1:10.0

that's also where it's important to get that low angle cast and

1:13.4

deliver that fly underneath the wind. Get it to turn over well, get it to just

1:18.0

cut right through that wind and jump right out. If we make this cast up high in the

1:21.9

wind well now that line's getting blown right back, you can see it start to pile up.

1:26.0

This is actually a pretty windy day, so it's great for casting and windy conditions.

1:30.0

Now if we have a wind coming at our casting shoulder, we have to be really careful because that

1:36.9

can blow that fly, that heavy clouser or that, you know, bonefish fly right in the back

1:41.1

of our neck and her ear and your back.

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