Ask which of three modes the examiner wants — the steps, how you would teach them, or a live lesson — and run only that. Use say–see–do, inside five minutes.

What the instructor says

• Ask first, teach the level named. Some want only steps; others “use me as a student”. Teach the level the task names.
• Set up in 15 or 20 seconds. Line dragging, 40 ft at the cones, a loop formed before you speak; examiners in front, no noise, sun in your eyes.
• Show it, then split it. Define the skill, give the consequences, cast the finished version — “this is where you’re going to be in five minutes from now” — then go step by step.
• Hand over in percentages. Thumb on top, 15 or 20% of the cast, then 75, 85, all of it, then “teach it to me”.
• Five and a half minutes at most. Rehearse until seamless; leave out casting-arc theory.

Putting it to work

1. Write the opening three sentences and the closing “you teach it to me”; time the setup silently.
2. Rehearse each mode; it changes what you say, not the clock.

Source

From the FFI CI walkthrough series by Dayle Mazzarella (Chapter 3 — FFI Casting Instructor Certification Tasks, Fly Fishing Coach International), lesson 16, 00:02:29. See the video library and the teaching-task pages for the exam wording; terms follow the FFI Fly Casting Definitions.