Casts-and-Techniques on HookedLee

Delivery Cast

example@example.com (HookedLee) — Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The final Casting Stroke of a Fly Cast, which presents fly.

Related terms in Casts and Techniques: Mends, Shooting line, Slipping line, Straight Line Presentations, Slack Line Presentations, Curved Presentations

From the FFI Fly Casting Definitions (2025 Edition), reproduced with attribution to Fly Fishers International.

Mends

example@example.com (HookedLee) — Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Manipulating fly line layout by rod movement after Stop on a Delivery Cast.

Aerial Mends - Mending before fly line/leader lands on water.
Water Mends - Mending after fly line/leader lands on water.

Related terms in Casts and Techniques: Delivery Cast, Shooting line, Slipping line, Straight Line Presentations, Slack Line Presentations, Curved Presentations

Practise it: What is mending, and when do I need it?

From the FFI Fly Casting Definitions (2025 Edition), reproduced with attribution to Fly Fishers International.

Shooting line

example@example.com (HookedLee) — Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Increasing amount of fly line outside rod tip by releasing fly line after Stop.

Related terms in Casts and Techniques: Delivery Cast, Mends, Slipping line, Straight Line Presentations, Slack Line Presentations, Curved Presentations

From the FFI Fly Casting Definitions (2025 Edition), reproduced with attribution to Fly Fishers International.

Slipping line

example@example.com (HookedLee) — Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Increasing amount of fly line outside rod tip by releasing fly line and moving rod either before or after a Casting Stroke.

Related terms in Casts and Techniques: Delivery Cast, Mends, Shooting line, Straight Line Presentations, Slack Line Presentations, Curved Presentations

From the FFI Fly Casting Definitions (2025 Edition), reproduced with attribution to Fly Fishers International.

Straight Line Presentations

example@example.com (HookedLee) — Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Casting Strokes and/or Mends which produce a straight fly line layout.

Related terms in Casts and Techniques: Delivery Cast, Mends, Shooting line, Slipping line, Slack Line Presentations, Curved Presentations

From the FFI Fly Casting Definitions (2025 Edition), reproduced with attribution to Fly Fishers International.

Slack Line Presentations

example@example.com (HookedLee) — Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Casting Strokes and/or Mends which produce slack line layouts.

Related terms in Casts and Techniques: Delivery Cast, Mends, Shooting line, Slipping line, Straight Line Presentations, Curved Presentations

From the FFI Fly Casting Definitions (2025 Edition), reproduced with attribution to Fly Fishers International.

Curved Presentations

example@example.com (HookedLee) — Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Casting Strokes and/or Mends which produce a curved line layout.

Related terms in Casts and Techniques: Delivery Cast, Mends, Shooting line, Slipping line, Straight Line Presentations, Slack Line Presentations

From the FFI Fly Casting Definitions (2025 Edition), reproduced with attribution to Fly Fishers International.

Hauling

example@example.com (HookedLee) — Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Single Haul - Pulling fly line through rod guides during either forward or back Casting Stroke.

Double Haul - Pulling fly line through rod guides during consecutive Casting Strokes, after returning line hand towards rod hand during Pause.

Related terms in Casts and Techniques: Delivery Cast, Mends, Shooting line, Slipping line, Straight Line Presentations, Slack Line Presentations

Practise it: What is the double haul actually doing?

From the FFI Fly Casting Definitions (2025 Edition), reproduced with attribution to Fly Fishers International.

Continuous Tension Cast

example@example.com (HookedLee) — Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

A cast where continuous rod movement maintains tension in fly line.

Related terms in Casts and Techniques: Delivery Cast, Mends, Shooting line, Slipping line, Straight Line Presentations, Slack Line Presentations

From the FFI Fly Casting Definitions (2025 Edition), reproduced with attribution to Fly Fishers International.

Oval / Belgiian / Elliptical Cast

example@example.com (HookedLee) — Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

A Continuous Tension Cast formed by a relatively horizontal back cast Rod Plane which then transitions without stopping into a more vertical Rod Plane on forward cast.

Related terms in Casts and Techniques: Delivery Cast, Mends, Shooting line, Slipping line, Straight Line Presentations, Slack Line Presentations

From the FFI Fly Casting Definitions (2025 Edition), reproduced with attribution to Fly Fishers International.