The wording of tasks 16 to 22 is ambiguous, so ask before you start. What would you like me to do?

What the instructor says

• There are three modes. Some examiners want just the steps: rod tip down, accelerate to a stop at 2 o’clock, pause (say hi mom), forward cast, follow the rod tip down. Some want you to explain how you would teach each step. Some, and he is in this camp, want a real lesson.
• Keep all seven inside 45 minutes. His own demonstrations run four, five or six minutes each; ten minutes on any one teaching task is bad teaching.
• Teach real students first. Do not take the test unless you have volunteered teaching; real students show you why a lesson plan matters.
• Show, then talk. Do not talk and demonstrate at the same time: say what you are about to do, show it, then describe each step.

Putting it to work

1. Ask about physical limits, goals and available time before a lesson, and check whether their gear will let them cast.
2. Know the common fault on the pickup-and-lay-down teaching task (task 17 on this site): going too far back and breaking the wrist on the back cast.
3. Teach the grass drill and the paintbrush drill before pickup and lay down; they teach smooth acceleration and a forward cast with no rod in hand.

Source

From the FFI CI walkthrough series by Dayle Mazzarella (Chapter 3 — FFI Casting Instructor Certification Tasks, Fly Fishing Coach International), lesson 14 part 1, 00:02:44–00:12:00, and lesson 14 part 2, 00:02:08. See the video library for the series and the CI exam section for the tasks; terms follow the FFI Fly Casting Definitions.