The most important thing when it comes to fly fishing is the casting. This is the part that will take you a while to get the hang of and master. Everything must be timed perfect, and you can basically break the procedure down into three steps. These are the loading, the momentum of the swing, and of course the pause, where you let the line fly and hope that the fly lands where you were aiming for. See in regular fishing with a spinning rod you are using in most cases, the weights on the line, or the lure itself to cast out.
But fly fishing you are using the line it self to cast, and there is a lot more to it than just swinging the rod back and swinging the rod forward and releasing. Also, you do not use the reel for casting when you are using a fly rod, the reel is for when the line is already in the water. So let me go over some of the types of casting that we can do with a fly rod, starting with the easiest.
The easiest is called the basic cast, and if you have watched any types of movies or videos then you more than likely seen them doing the basic cast. This is more like tossing the rod and line straight back and forth and then the release. There is another type of cast that is called the False Cast, this is a little more complicated than the basic cast, as you build up more momentum when you are doing this type of cast as you go back and forth a lot more, while still keeping the line above the water before you release it to cast.
If you are wanting to get the line out there a little bit more you could choose to use the double haul cast. In order to do this though you will have a have a little bit of a lighter line, and it is more difficult to do than the basic cast. With practice though it can be easily mastered. When you are learning how to cast a fly rod my suggestion would be to watch some videos that are on the internet, there are plenty of them that are available for free and they are just a search a way.
Also you do not have to be in the water to practice you casting, you can practice right in your own back yard and I highly recommend it. More than likely you are not going to learn this over night, it may take weeks or even months, but once you master the art of fly casting you will greatly increase the odds of catching fish as where the fly lands is very important no matter what kind of water it is you are in.
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