I watch a lot of youtube tutorial videos and I have to say that these 3 minutes were probably the most helpful out of anything I've watched. Thanks for your time to make this!!
Finally! I've been searching for a tutorial that explains and demonstrates the flaw and solution as easily as this. This is exactly what I've been doing and I couldn't understand what I was doing wrong until now. Very valuable information, thank you!
As a brand new angler my buddy and myself stopped into his shop. He was testing out rod and just like this video we were amazed at his casting. Charlie is like a Jedi master of fly casting.
I saw this shop and talked to Mr Reading when the pond was just under construction then a couple years later. Being in the country with cheap real estate has its advantages. This is the best or maybe top 3 fly shops in the planet. I’ve been thru several western states and I’d love to have this guy in Denver. I might be able to catch fish. I talked to him for 3 hours one day and tried talking my (ex, now) wife into moving to Lebanon so I could work for him and learn. In the end I should have because I’ve now got 2 exes and would still like to spend time talking to him again
Finally! A video which shows the REAL reason for throwing railing loops. I’ve watched many videos of experts pointing out different casting flaws, tailing loops being one of them and this is really THE cause for me throwing them. You’ll hear about short strokes and concave tip travel path but that is not what most people throwing tailing loops do. Thank you! One problem with your video- Place the camera on your left side so we can all see what your casting arm is doing! You’re blocking the view!
From all poor YT tailing loop videos this is a better one. It doesn't cover all causes for tailing issues but it at least covers one main cause in a proper way.
Amen! I can cast up a storm in my front yard, double hauling til my hearts content. On the water......my double dropper is tangled every other cast, and the fear of that leads me to over complicate my motion and it's all downhill from there. Can't wait to try this
so I deal with throwing tailing loops when I get into distance, basically you're stating as long as you follow through with the elbow, forearm then wrist ( keeping the wrist locked through out the stroke) with the wrist essentially a late rotation. making sure I'm getting this right.
James A this guy is a great caster first off. I wouldn't worry so much about body parts. Sure, early wrist rotation is a huge contributor to tailing loops. I'm not sure that's a term that simplifies it. In your distance casting make sure you're not creeping forward before all that line unrolls behind you (effectively reducing your casting arc - so you now don't have enough arc to cast so much line and maintain a straight line path). This results in that home run push because you're like ohhh damn I better smack this sucker to throw all that line now. I'd concentrate on the timing and your stop....and cast with way less power than you are using currently. You can cast 75-85' with very little power. Dayle Mazzarella has some excellent videos on distance casting practice drills here on UA-cam. Lots of info, but feel free to ask questions or send me a video. Tight loops and line speed make distance casts! If you send a video there is a great app called Hudl Technique that does slow motion. Hope you're already casting a mile though!
Shame you didn't stand the other side of the camera when you were demonstrating what causes the tailing loop - the viewer cannot see your casting arm because it is obscured by your body.
Pity that's your take. Charlie isn't showing off. He's teaching and you would do well to listen. Check out the many other comments here thanking him for the info. So clearly he's conveying something others found useful, so maybe this is more a you problem. Anyhow, to quote Charlie from the above video: "Don't snap your wrist when you start your forward cast." Also, "If you hold your wrist firm and move your forearm [to start your forward cast, which he demonstrated while saying this], you will not throw a tailing loop." Finally, "If you use your wrist at all [in the forward cast], use it at the end of your casting stroke."
I watch a lot of youtube tutorial videos and I have to say that these 3 minutes were probably the most helpful out of anything I've watched.
Thanks for your time to make this!!
Couldn't agree more!
Very much so
Same here.
Finally! I've been searching for a tutorial that explains and demonstrates the flaw and solution as easily as this. This is exactly what I've been doing and I couldn't understand what I was doing wrong until now. Very valuable information, thank you!
As a brand new angler my buddy and myself stopped into his shop. He was testing out rod and just like this video we were amazed at his casting. Charlie is like a Jedi master of fly casting.
I saw this shop and talked to Mr Reading when the pond was just under construction then a couple years later. Being in the country with cheap real estate has its advantages. This is the best or maybe top 3 fly shops in the planet. I’ve been thru several western states and I’d love to have this guy in Denver. I might be able to catch fish. I talked to him for 3 hours one day and tried talking my (ex, now) wife into moving to Lebanon so I could work for him and learn. In the end I should have because I’ve now got 2 exes and would still like to spend time talking to him again
Finally! A video which shows the REAL reason for throwing railing loops. I’ve watched many videos of experts pointing out different casting flaws, tailing loops being one of them and this is really THE cause for me throwing them. You’ll hear about short strokes and concave tip travel path but that is not what most people throwing tailing loops do. Thank you! One problem with your video- Place the camera on your left side so we can all see what your casting arm is doing! You’re blocking the view!
Had to rewind to see that roll cast again, man that was clean. Good stuff all around
Charlie is a wealth of fly fishing knowledge. Stop by his store near lebanon, MO.
From all poor YT tailing loop videos this is a better one. It doesn't cover all causes for tailing issues but it at least covers one main cause in a proper way.
I’m a simple man. When Charlie Redding talk, I listen.
I agree
best video ever on tailing loop
This guy is very knowledgeable on casting. Great videos 💯
Amen! I can cast up a storm in my front yard, double hauling til my hearts content. On the water......my double dropper is tangled every other cast, and the fear of that leads me to over complicate my motion and it's all downhill from there. Can't wait to try this
so I deal with throwing tailing loops when I get into distance, basically you're stating as long as you follow through with the elbow, forearm then wrist ( keeping the wrist locked through out the stroke) with the wrist essentially a late rotation. making sure I'm getting this right.
James A this guy is a great caster first off. I wouldn't worry so much about body parts. Sure, early wrist rotation is a huge contributor to tailing loops. I'm not sure that's a term that simplifies it. In your distance casting make sure you're not creeping forward before all that line unrolls behind you (effectively reducing your casting arc - so you now don't have enough arc to cast so much line and maintain a straight line path). This results in that home run push because you're like ohhh damn I better smack this sucker to throw all that line now. I'd concentrate on the timing and your stop....and cast with way less power than you are using currently. You can cast 75-85' with very little power. Dayle Mazzarella has some excellent videos on distance casting practice drills here on UA-cam. Lots of info, but feel free to ask questions or send me a video. Tight loops and line speed make distance casts! If you send a video there is a great app called Hudl Technique that does slow motion. Hope you're already casting a mile though!
Lot of knowledge right there.
Shame you didn't stand the other side of the camera when you were demonstrating what causes the tailing loop - the viewer cannot see your casting arm because it is obscured by your body.
Can you film this so we can see his arm? From left side?
Yay! I just learned something!
Great stuff. You make it look sooo easy. Thanks.
Hat is a great bit of insight, appreciTe the tip. Now I know why I occasionally get those loops.
So helpful! Thank you
Great explanation! What fly line use? Tks!
Just found this. Excellent. Thanks
THANK YOU
Thank you !
Awesome
Brilliant !
brilliant
Nail on the head 👍
Great camera position…….not.
Obi one
Having a left handed caster filmed from the right hand side means that I could see nothing. All I got was a very self satisfied man showing off.
lefties are smarter you have no idea what they are creating.
Pity that's your take. Charlie isn't showing off. He's teaching and you would do well to listen. Check out the many other comments here thanking him for the info. So clearly he's conveying something others found useful, so maybe this is more a you problem.
Anyhow, to quote Charlie from the above video: "Don't snap your wrist when you start your forward cast." Also, "If you hold your wrist firm and move your forearm [to start your forward cast, which he demonstrated while saying this], you will not throw a tailing loop." Finally, "If you use your wrist at all [in the forward cast], use it at the end of your casting stroke."
He is throwing too heavy of a line. My daughter can cast perfectly with that set up. Absolutely zero precision.