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• Fishing Trout Talk

  TROUT Tip – dropping your rod tip

  

  Find out what this bad habit creates and why to avoid it. Kirk Deeter explains why we don’t want to drop our rod tip and instead stop it with aggression. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4aVTrx6T3s&list=PLEXZljM8NmhtGMQuVaaJ9TZq3SZY74R_5&index=73

• Fishing Trout Talk

  TROUT Tips – the haul

  

  Kirk Deeter teaches us about the “haul” part of our cast. What is it? Why do we need it? How do we apply it? Watch this short video and then go out to practice before trout season hits. Your casting is sure to thank you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yo-_h9_UiRo&list=PLEXZljM8NmhtGMQuVaaJ9TZq3SZY74R_5&index=72&t=1s

• Fishing Trout Talk

  TROUT Tips – more false casting

  False casting, especially too much of it, can spook fish.

  

  False casting, especially too much of it, can spook fish. So, use these tips from TU’s Kirk Deeter, to ensure your cast has the right distance before targeting a fish. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ER2AxUrQloE&list=PLEXZljM8NmhtGMQuVaaJ9TZq3SZY74R_5&index=73

• Fishing The True Cast Trout Talk

  The True Cast – the thumb

  

  An amazingly simple casting tip that fixes the two most common mistakes in seconds Sometimes the best tips are the most basic, because they’re easy to implement and hard to forget. I got this one from the late, great Dan Stein who guided on the Bighorn River in Montana: If you keep your thumb of…

• Fishing Trout Talk

  Trout Tips – The Hammer

  

  Let’s continue with some tips for your cast because the more you practice now during the slow/off season, the better you’ll be once fishing season rolls around. Watch as TU’s Kirk Deeter explains the stop on your forward and back cast. He describes not only the “how” but also the “why”, which helps it all…

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  The True Cast – All you really need to know about the double haul

  (It isn’t as tricky as you might think.)

  

  (It isn’t as tricky as you might think.) Being able to “double haul” as you cast a fly rod is an important key to adding distance to your cast. But there’s a lot of confusing misinformation out there that only confounds and intimidates people as they attempt to learn double hauling. Myth #1 is that…

• Fishing Trout Talk

  Trout Tips – False Casts

  

  While we’re practicing our casts, let’s talk about false casting. Watch TU’s Kirk Deeter as he explains why and how to use a false cast, and just maybe how to false cast a bit less frequently, which can help you catch more trout. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-cb2soOURE&list=PLEXZljM8NmhtGMQuVaaJ9TZq3SZY74R_5&index=67