I See This Fly Casting Mistake ALL The Time...

In this video, Flip Pallot and Brian Flechsig from Mad River Outfitters break down a fly casting issue they see often and how you can easily correct it.
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[@bradscharff1816]

I started to fly fish not too long ago. I’m past the struggle stage. I’m getting the fly line out and catching fish, but I’m always learning a new casting technique or rigging setup. Flip is an excellent teacher. He has a demeanor that easily conveys his knowledge and makes his lessons approachable/accessible to anglers of all skill levels. Keep up the great content!

[@Madriveroutfitters]

Thanks for watching. As long as folks keep supporting the shop, we'll keep making videos.

[@bobkathrynalbin3697]

The Walkers Cay Chronicles is my favorite outdoors show ever. Thanks, Flip!

[@Madriveroutfitters]

Was the highest rated fishing show of all-time. Many folks agreed!!

[@johnpeschke7723]

i have been throwing flies 60 of my 75 years and i just learned something new, thanks Brian and Flip

[@Madriveroutfitters]

Thanks for being here.

[@fishhandsfranky]

A good friend reminded me Joan Wulff shared this in the basics of fly casting. Great tip.

[@Madriveroutfitters]

Thanks for watching. Great minds think alike?

[@allanasp771]

I've been fly fishing for 50 plus years and this tip is the best ever. Just gets me wondering how many big fish I have spooked over the years. Seasons greetings from a snowy Sweden.

[@Madriveroutfitters]

Thanks for watching and happy to help!

[@jonpoetzl126]

Great tip Flip and Brian, thank you

[@Madriveroutfitters]

Thanks for being here.

[@JavierEchaiz]

As usual, Flip + Brian giving us excellent tips! Thanks!

[@Madriveroutfitters]

Thanks for being here.

[@RoryLynott]

I'll definitely be working on this one. Thanks for the techniques and the help, love i!

[@Madriveroutfitters]

Thanks for being here!

[@kentpeters6446]

Brian and Flip, What a great tip. Thanks,

[@Madriveroutfitters]

Appreciate you being here.

[@JD-HALL]

Masters of their craft. Thank you gentlemen.

[@Madriveroutfitters]

Thanks for being here.

[@buckfifty3470]

Never ceases to amaze me how much I simply do not know. You guys are great!

[@Madriveroutfitters]

Stay tuned! More to come!

[@mikemcgeehan4321]

Whoa! Learned something new. Thanks Guys.

[@Madriveroutfitters]

Happy to help!

[@markhansen3111]

Great tip Flip... ty. Buttery smooth.

[@Madriveroutfitters]

Thanks for watching.

[@dariomanfroi9447]

Great tips and video. Thank you

[@Madriveroutfitters]

Thanks for being here.

[@derickhannant9253]

Wow. Total genius & yet so simple. Many thanks for improving my casting. Tight Ines. Derick.

[@Madriveroutfitters]

Appreciate you watching! Stay tuned.

[@thedanceingbear]

Well this just improved my cast a ton! Awesome information thank you!

[@Madriveroutfitters]

Thanks for watching!

[@Flyfish9111]

Wow! What a great tip! Thank you.

[@Madriveroutfitters]

Thanks for watching.

[@johnconnolly3635]

Excellent tip. Glade I watched this.

[@Madriveroutfitters]

Thanks for watching.

[@ksmith114]

Nice to see you hanging out in my hometown area. 😊. Great tip

[@Madriveroutfitters]

They are there often! Thanks for watching.

[@leonardjanda6181]

❤this made my Monday the True legend 🎣🐟 great channel❤

[@Madriveroutfitters]

Happy to help and thanks for watching.

[@martinphillips4091]

I can’t wait to get on the water to try this out. Thanks for the tip .

[@Madriveroutfitters]

Thanks for watching.

[@mikekuczynski1552]

There’s a time and a place for everything especially in fly fishing. Thanks for sharing

[@Madriveroutfitters]

Thanks for watching.

[@OscarOverlanding]

Great trick! Thank you!

[@Madriveroutfitters]

Thanks for watching.

[@ashleyevans3330]

This is fantastic information 👏

[@Madriveroutfitters]

Thanks for being here.

[@troyfennel6100]

Great tip that makes perfect sense.

[@Madriveroutfitters]

Thanks for watching!

[@johnhollis7290]

Thanks Flip Pallot !!!!! Been applying this practice suggested by you of "|casting the fly/tippet". What a wonderful practice that i feel really zeroes in on laying down a straight line cast with fly landing first. Sure brings a sense of calm when laying down cast after cast in this manner.
Thanks again,
Tight Lines Always
John Hollis 😁

[@Madriveroutfitters]

Thanks for watching.

[@jeff8ham]

I’ve been doing this mistake! Great tip!

[@Madriveroutfitters]

Happy to help!

[@YancySmith]

This is why Flip is the best. He always has something new for us to learn!

[@Madriveroutfitters]

Thanks for watching.

[@mikeh2613]

Fly fishing since the mid 80s and have been quite successful however I now wonder how many fish I have spooked. Brilliant advice and hopefully I’m not too old to change😆. Thank you.

[@Madriveroutfitters]

Thanks for watching and good luck!

[@johnnylightning1491]

Brian, they use butter in the south, it's what they put on their food after they fry it in lard. All that said this is a very good tip. Yes I know I'm late to the party but I was in Florida trying to fish Lake Okeechobee. The blue-green algae won. Keep the good stuff coming.

[@Madriveroutfitters]

Thanks for watching!

[@smkunder1]

Great tip, neat video, wondering what you guys were fishing for in St John’s River?

[@Madriveroutfitters]

Thanks for watching. We don't have that intel here but you can sure e-mail or call Brian directly and he would know.

[@Dicmo]

Years ago, I remember seeing a Joan Wulff video where she explained this same thing. Great minds think alike it would seem. Excellent advice.

[@Madriveroutfitters]

Thanks for watching.

[@huntsail3727]

Good job!

[@Madriveroutfitters]

Thanks for watching.

[@Midge1k]

Great tip and it all makes sense . Should work roll casting too

[@Madriveroutfitters]

Thanks for watching!

[@joemarlow5209]

Excellent!!!

[@Madriveroutfitters]

Thanks!!!

[@philippemessager842]

Top Flip !! And Brian too. Best team.

[@Madriveroutfitters]

Thanks for watching.

[@k9er233]

Simple. Elegant. Effective. Perfect.

[@Madriveroutfitters]

Much. Appreciated.

[@turkN9NE]

keeping my skills sharp after 15 years of intense fly angling. cheers

[@Madriveroutfitters]

Thanks for being here!

[@jason-ian-Van-Sloten]

Great tip!
Little subtle things but very important.
Just like Butter or Lard!😂

[@Madriveroutfitters]

Thanks for watching.

[@dukesterrr502]

Great tip ,could you tell me what reel flips using ..?? Thanks

[@Madriveroutfitters]

Thanks for watching. Don't have that intel here but you could call or e-mail Brian....he may know?

[@DuriensBane]

Started doing this by accident while fishing little brookie streams. Casting over rocks and logs you need to keep the line off everything or else youll spend all day trying to keep your flies on your line and not buried in something other then a fish.

[@Madriveroutfitters]

Thanks for watching.

[@ngoshawk1]

The legend

[@Madriveroutfitters]

Thanks for watching.

[@thomasw_]

that’s a hot tip! heaps of buttery thanks

[@Madriveroutfitters]

Thanks for watching.

[@jaymcgann6637]

Another way to do it is throw a little roll cast. Everything will pop loose from the surface tension, then just do your regular cast.
Flip Pallot is the real deal and a great guy. He's the master of inshore salt water fly fishing.

[@Madriveroutfitters]

Thanks for watching. He’s trying to avoid the “water haul” here though, which is what a roll cast is.

[@glennkrzeminski7539]

I always water haul on the striper flats. When you can only see a cruising fish inside 40 feet, and at 20 feet the rod won’t load, I find it’s the fastest way to get the line up for a controlled cast. I should point out that I’m wading.

[@Madriveroutfitters]

Thanks for watching.

[@christianherrington1456]

Any tips for fishing the little red river in Heber springs

[@Madriveroutfitters]

Feel free to contact the folks at the shop directly and they will be happy to help! That's what they do! Thanks.

[@robertrogers6330]

Joan Wolfe talks about the very same method in one of her books, the technique is a excellent way to cast in any calm water situation.

[@Madriveroutfitters]

Agreed! Thanks for watching.

[@johnmac4769]

Thanks to my Hero Flip and to you too Brian. Just to let you know we have butter here in the South.

[@Madriveroutfitters]

Thanks for watching. He knows….just a bad “south” joke.

[@paigeloomis]

I thought this was going to be about tailing loops and was surprised by the topic. I’ve been using this method naturally for many years and never thought much about it. I guess after 40 years of ff you can figure a few things out.

[@Madriveroutfitters]

Thanks for watching!

[@jrcll7856]

i noticed you did a haul on your back cast

[@Madriveroutfitters]

He always does!

[@profpigeon5441]

some old dude told me this on the river when I was like 19 years old and I just been doing it since..and assumed everyone else did. But it does make a lot of sense how It can be overlooked. Im sure id of not thought of it.

[@Madriveroutfitters]

Thanks for being here.

[@Thespanglerangler]

Flip has forgotten more stuff about fly fishing than all the rest of us know combined. Great tip!

[@Madriveroutfitters]

That's probably true! He's a legend.

[@obaoighill]

So, I feel like an idiot. How did not figure this out years ago. Thank you, sir.

[@Madriveroutfitters]

Thanks for watching.

[@dariomanfroi9447]

Hi, which type of line do you casting in this video?

[@Madriveroutfitters]

Flip Pallot Hi-Vis Sight line by Cortland. Of course. www.madriveroutfitters.com/p-14733-cortland-hi-vis-flip-pallot-fly-line.aspx

[@dariomanfroi9447]

@@Madriveroutfitters thank you 😊

[@ryansones1626]

Mel always told me wait till the V's meet. The V from line and the V from leader

[@Madriveroutfitters]

Thanks for watching.

[@williamklauber8970]

It's just like butter here too.

[@Madriveroutfitters]

Thanks for watching.

[@Riverside.minister]

Just. Like. Butter.

[@Madriveroutfitters]

Agreed! Thanks for being here.

[@barry4fish]

Some folks have criticized practice casting in your yard, using the excuse that your grass doesn’t load the rod the same as the water does. Well, doesn’t this demonstration kind of show, that practice casting in your yard is OK, then? I have been doing it for years, you can still do that initial lift in your back yard too!

[@Madriveroutfitters]

Practicing casting in your back yard is much better than not practicing at all!

[@garywest1909]

Amen! But I never cast as well on the water as I do in my yard, and now I think k I know why.

[@truethought2581]

If you ever watched " Walkers Key " chronicles back in the day. There's no way Flip can say anything "briefly"...
This guy has a complete mastery of english vocabulary. This gentleman memorized the thesaurus. I am not. Repeat, am not disrespecting Flip in any way. None more well spoken, and very few a better fisherman. I, for one, miss walkers' key chronicles....
You keep talking Flip. Ill keep listening.

[@Madriveroutfitters]

Thanks for watching. As long as folks keep supporting the shop, we’ll keep making videos.

[@edpeter9411]

Haven’t scared anybody, except anyone I’m fishing with. I’m notorious for hooking others. 😮

[@Madriveroutfitters]

Scary for sure. Thanks for watching though.

[@jamesnicol3831]

Flip and Lefty were the best

[@Madriveroutfitters]

No question. Thanks for being here.

[@robertparker7284]

Bacon not lard Brian!😂

[@Madriveroutfitters]

Sorry he can't change it at this point. The video has already been filmed. Thanks though.

[@robertparker7284]

Bad joke I guess. Lard is a fine substitute for butter.

[@Madriveroutfitters]

@@robertparker7284 All good….he likes bacon as well!

[@user-vj3om9rg3u]

Tell this to the Spey guys😭

[@Madriveroutfitters]

Totally different cast....only one hand on the rod here. Thanks for watching.

[@JoelSzymczyk]

huh.... I thought that was just kind of common sense.

[@Madriveroutfitters]

But of course you know.....common sense is not common. As stated here, we see this mistake constantly.

[@tommyrq180]

It’s a fundamental in Spey (double handed) casting, but often forgotten in single handed casting. The worst time to do it, and perhaps the most common, is when your cast is misplaced. Rip it out to replace?!? Well, no. Either fish it or be extra, extra stealthy about getting that line back in the air. You have to really be careful when you have a sinking fly or a big fly. The flies themselves can also make too much noise. Lot to think about. 😊

[@budfahnestock2418]

doesn't this go against the rule of "you're only making half of a cast"? i've watched dozens of videos/clips where brian has said you start your cast by keeping your rod tip down, in the water if possible. i'm beginning to think that even the pros just make it up as they go

[@Madriveroutfitters]

No it does not. You are still starting with the rod low and getting the line moving. Same thing.

[@budfahnestock2418]

@@Madriveroutfitters but is that the same as starting your cast with the rod low? he literally says to bring the rod up slow and then once the line is off the water start to rip it back. the videos where lefty kreh says to start your cast low he rips his line before he even starts to pull his rod tip up out the water.

[@Madriveroutfitters]

@@budfahnestock2418 we have quite a few videos in this fly casting series that address this. Lefty did not rip the line off the water. He casted the leader and the fly, just like Brian and Flip. That’s where they learned this! 👍

[@budfahnestock2418]

@@Madriveroutfitters i guess I have to go back and rewatch some stuff then, this whole time I've been ripping my line before I pull my rod tip up, thanks for the responses!

[@Madriveroutfitters]

@@budfahnestock2418 “Just cast the leader and the fly”- Flip Pallot