ORVIS - Fly Casting Lessons - The Basic Fly Cast 

Tried fly fishing for the first time today. Caught two trees and lost three flies👌

Just got my first fly rod. It was my grandpas, then my dads, now mine! just stopped by to say thank you and learn how to Orvis people do it best. thanks for all the great times with my dad.

«A smooth acceleration to that abrupt stop» sounds so poetic, I keep hearing that phrase whenever I go fishing

Im one of those wierd people who has literally put years into hobbies most people havent heard of. From the big ones to the obscure. I got into fly fishing a few weeks ago and I gotta say as someone who is an older man who really hasnt fished AT ALL since I was a child...... This is one the most challenging things to get into starting from absolute zero gear of any kind and zero knowledge of any kind of fishing let alone fly. Ive never done anything in my life that I couldnt get down in a couple weeks but I feel like im no further along after 2500 dollars in gear and waders and months of research. Once I get to the river I just cant seem to get a fish. I wont give up and honestly im happy its not easy cause if it was it wouldnt be rewarding. But man if you arent a fisherman and you jump into fly fishing off the bat? Get ready for some of the hardest learning you will ever do. I think the issue is 99.9% of people assume you have fished so when i ask people for help they talk in riddles about things I dont know. Give me a year Ill have it.

Dude that long cast looked silky smooth!

thanks I'm 14 and this helped me catch my first trout with a fly rod

I’ve been casting a fly rod since 1978 but sometimes I like to watch these videos just for fun. This is a pretty good one keep up the good work.

THANK YOU! This is the first video I've seen that explains WHY I keep snapping the end of the line.

Great demonstration. Precise, succinct and extremely clear in its presentation! Thank you!

To avoid hitting the ground on the back cast there are a couple of things you should focus on. The first is to make sure you starting with your rod tip close to if not on the water’s surface. Make a smooth acceleration to an abrupt stop in a “up and back position” on your back cast. I have seen and been guilty of lifting the rod at one speed then trying to make an overly aggressive “flick” which usually ends up in a “down and back position” resulting in the line hitting the ground on the back cast. The second thing I look for Is… I watch my back cast when I practice. Open your stance a little when you practice (if your right handed drop your right foot back) so you can see you rod tip stop and watch you line roll out just before you leader turns over begin your forward cast. While your fishing it’s not a bad to watch your back cast from time to time with the exception of casting at moving fish. I hope this helps, Pete

Pete is the best at demonstrating the ease of smooth movements in casting a fly line

I'm brand new to this - I've only tried it on the water once so far - but this is the best description I've been able to find.

Thanks for keeping this SIMPLE. I’m from Minneapolis Minnesota. We’re , slow up here. 😊

this video just helpd me get a role in a movie, THANK U SOOOO VERY MUCH!!!!

Enjoyed this, subscribed

for me honestly this breakdown is awesome...most of my casting is intuitive and it is hard to break it down for beginners, but this vid actually helped me to anylize some of my casting faux oaus and to educate anglers that couldn't learn by me just sayin...hey yall watch this...good vid

Great video, the 3 points fixed my technique, watch you backcast!!!

Straight to the point and very clear. Great video, thank you!

These are very useful and clear videos for learning casting, thanks :)

Very good casting lesson! I started on the banks of the Kennebunk river in the 80's, standing on the banked shale casting into the river for stripers. When I finally got a hit, I immediately lost it because I had already broken off the hook on the shale behind me back casting. The first striper I ever caught involved my fly line straight down from the rod tip in the river...no cast at all!! I was probably trying to sort out my fly line wrapped around my hand when the striper took my fly. Stripers are the single best starter species ever! Since then I have fished everywhere salt and fresh, Colorado, Montana, Bahamas, Caymans, Florida. My favorite rod is the Orvis Clearwater 6 wgt..great for small stripers, bonefish and trout. The single most exciting fish I have ever hooked up are baby tarpon on a 9 wgt..wish I had landed any of the three I hooked up! Have fun, tight lines!

I love these instructive videos by Pete Kutzer!

Nice to see that Emimen has some fun hobbies

Have to get back into fly fishing. Its been over 30 years, forgotten everything. Must locate rods and just go practice on the back lawn. Absolutely excellent video. Big thumbs up.

Thank you, very clear and not too dogmatic but efficient. A new fly-fishing season is close here in France and I will keep these recommendations in mind even after decades of casting 😉 !

thanks man!! this helped a lot. started a couple weeks ago, and I’ve finally have gotten it! caught 3 rainbows my first day

Nice video! I am a beginner and this really simplifies the basic cast. Thanks!

Works great although it ru-vid.comUgkxLoZpKHn4w7dtzXk1eygBlOhbLxuVe3uD took a while to figure out how to reverse it. Nearly disassembled the entire thing. Looks better than my Redington Rise 5/6 reel too.

Excellent rudimentary instruction. Thanks.

Still the best video out there. I am also a coach and send this video to all my clients

You make this look so effortless and smooth ... I know that's the way its supposed to be but my lord u made it looks easy lol.

Brilliant, I have been fly fishing on and off for 50 years but have problems with the tiny pause with the back swing. You are brilliant sir. I will practice tomorrow. I have caught several trout but my casting has been ….. well ….problematic. Great video. Kind regards Ken. (Rutland , England).

Best video so far for the basic cast. Nice job.

What he does not see is, he is using three pivot points. He is pivoting that rod, not articulating that rod. His pivot points are his wrist, his elbow, and his shoulder. With all this, he is still moving the tip in an arc. You NEED THAT ARC. What he really wants you to do is to keep your tip traveling in a flat plane. A straight line path is impossible but a flat plane is what is. He is correct in one thing....there are many different ways to cast. Catching fish is the goal. I find I like to keep my elbow stuck to my body and only apply as much energy I need fo a twenty to thirty foot cast. I want my line to roll out and settle gently on the water. I took advice from several casting instructors and friends and now I have more fly rods that silver wear in my kitchen. Less is more. Period. What I love in my hand is a 3 weight, 7’-6” ORVIS CLEARWATER. My longest cast is 50 feet. Big deal. At 30 feet, and that’s where the fish are, I can control my fly right into a fishes mouth if I can see it. I keep my elbow tucked in not leaving contact, and use my wrist for the “flick” at the end, a little elbow and follow through. I count my cast like I am counting music. I say out loud.....”ONE AAANNNDDDD (and) TWO. As soon as my fly passes over my head, I wait till I feel the line do a very slight tug and the end, then begin my two.....forward cast and flick. I want to use as little energy as possible to achieve consistency. Now, here’s the thing these instructors do not really get or teach you. ...........It’s accuracy first, then the distance will come. Some of these guys show you how far they can cast, which is ok. It looks nice. But how accurate is it. Go out on your lawn or to a park. Take two small towels that are bright. Place them five feet apart. Then go back 20 feet and cast, keeping the tip of your line in the middle. Do not put a leader on yet. Just use the fly line. After you sort of get it, move the two towels closer together. After a while go back ten more feet to 30 feet from the towels. That’s plenty of distance. Remember, you are working for accuracy first. Be patient, the distance will come all on its own. Relax.....slow down.......less is more. Put as little power in your cast as you need. Only use just enough. Now, in learning, wrap the line around your index finger of the hand you cast with. You will feel it reach it’s apex in you finger. After a while you will be able to anticipate that moment. Then, hold your free line in your opposite hand and try to concentrate to feel that little tug in your hand. You will find, some of these instructors on here are really good casters, but can not really teach. Practice, practice, practice. Join a club. Watch others. Relax and have fun.

Dear Pete, not only am I a very happy Orvis customer but am the Director of Instruction for our fly fishing club in SE NC. When I work with those new to fly fishing, new to saltwater fly fishing or those wishing to improve their casting, I always suggest they look at every video you have done. Not only do you do a good job explaining a particular aspect of fly fishing but your whole demeanor is that of a man at ease with his equipment. You make it look so easy, which is exactly what I try to encourage them to copy. My line is, “The hardest thing about fly casting is remembering how easy it is.” You are an excellent example of the key to fly fishing- letting the rod and line do 95% of the work. Thank you for making my casting better and my job easier. I cannot think of a better public face of Orvis. Keep up the good work. The Whitefish, Oak Island, NC

thank u for fly fishing tip it's my first time fly fishing

Went fly fishing today in a small stream with lots of bush, vegetation… I was doing that rounded motion and now I see why I was having so much trouble. Gonna get back out there next week and implement this!

I sure enjoy the sport. Not used in tight spaces for sure. The fly pole tip is the first to break.

Awesome Well done Great stuff Great catch Great video That's looks like fun That's awesome Love ya work

That was very clear. I was researching this for a possible activity for a character in my story; everyone gets so wordy, but this was very clear. Thanks.

thanks for this but next time tell the camera man to zoom out so we can actually see what you are doing.

2019 and still watching!

Amazingly Great fish for first time. I was told to keep my cast between 10am and noon or 10am and 2pm. Helps keep the fly line from hitting the ground

That was actually helpful thanks very much

Very good video. Thanks! You can ask five different veteran fly fishermen how to properly cast and you'll get five different techniques.

Well done! Easy to understand, to the point, and well executed! Thank you for your time! SUB EARNED! 👍🏼

Most Beautiful cast I’ve seen

GREAT vid to come back to. The only thing that dates it is the reference to $2 flies!

So helpful Thankyou so much 👍🏻👏

This was a big help!

Pete your the man!! great video I fish with all Orvis and proud of it 🎣

Great video

I tried fly fishing for the first time today with my dad. I caught two fish!

thanks for the vid. must give it a try soon

Very informative thank you

Great video!

Still the best "how to cast" on youtube

What a great narration! Excellent delivery and tutorial

Nice presentation. I can't wait to go give it a try.

About to go practice this at the park!

Wow this is some good information,easy to understand,thanks for that!

beautiful spot ... success is always bro, greetings one hobby, I'm from Indonesia

I watched several videos and they did not help one bit. I just could not get the feel for fly casting. First cast after watching this and it was my best cast ever. Great help. Thanks

I just got the orvis encounter set. And am learning how to do it.

That cast on the intro....wow

Short, simple and to the point. Very nicely done.

Thank you for making this vid!

Marvelous video! This is exactly what I wanted to hear and learn from my first time and using a guide. Ah, well. He was great at putting me on fish, though lol 🤷🏽‍♂️

This is an incredible help! Thank you

using a fluorescent fly line like in the video is good to see how the fly line moves when your learning casts

My grandparents live near your main store in Manchester and they go there all the time!

I love fly fishing. But there are so many people I know who are interested but never and up getting involved because they don't want to deal with the frustrations of learning how to cast, and tie knots etc. etc. They don't know what they're missing!

Showed this to a beginner and the first thing they asked is “what do i do with my left hand to hold the line.” You should consider describing that in another basic casting video sometime.

I'm new at fly fishing too, but if you only have a spinning rod you might try bombarda floats. It's a way of using flies with a spinning rod and reel.

the right-channel-only audio is MADDENING

Awesome! Now I know how to fly fish!

Good video Orvis!

Feel the same way; I just started and this guy is amazing.

Thanks Pete, Your videos are really helping. KUDOS !!

awesome video!

Thanks for the video

Excellent intro to fly casting. Now practice! No substitute to practicing, just like playing a musical instrument.

very nice. thanks.

Thanks again for a good video!

Helped so much thanks

good info man!

*i bought the 9'6" 5wt rod honestly this rod performs just as well costing under 1/2 the amount. it has a nice Fast action, and throws the line well even with larger fly's (wooly buggers, small poppers, etc.). if your looking for a lower price fly rod that works well thi is it.*

Thank you

Very good advice, I added this video to my Facebook page :)

@ 1:58 You can cast either way I don't really care! That made me chuckle 😂😂😂😂

My left ear is lonely

good instruction thank you

There is a trick to casting a fly line well and so far no one on here is spilling the beans. ;)

Been thinking on getting a fly rod combo

I got my first rod today!

how do you stop the line from hitting the floor on the back cast.

When fishing from a river bank on dry land. Casting straight out into the river and the fly has landed, the river takes your fly down river, say to the far left and now you want to lift and cast straight out in front again. Do you have to pull all your line back in or can you lift, change direction in air and cast out again back in front of you instead of the side from where you lifted.

Thanks!

When practicing the cast what do you have on the end of the leader?

What's the purpose of having a lot of line laying on the surface while casting ?

back again to refresh. man, aint it something when it all comes together and you have no clue how you did that?