Modern Fly-Casting Methods : Decades of Fly-Casting Wisdom from America's Fly Casting Coach

Lefty Kreh is arguably the world's best-known fly fisher, and in MODERN FLY-CASTING METHODS he has distilled his decades of fly-casting wisdom into a compact, thoroughly illustrated guide on the best way to cast. Using his years of experience teaching novice and expert fly fishers alike, Lefty shows:

Ø The modern fly-casting method illustrated from the front, side, and overhead
Ø The effects of bending the wrist during the acceleration
Ø The baseball throw cast
Ø The single water haul and double water haul
Ø Common casting problems and solutions

MODERN FLY-CASTING METHODS includes over a hundred pen-and-ink drawings by award-winning illustrator Rod Walinchus that show every detail of each method, as well as dozens of gorgeous full-color photographs by the author. Few great fly casters are able to explain their intuitive skill. In this compact gem, one of the greatest casters and casting teachers shows anglers of all skill levels the best way to cast.

LEFTY KREH is an internationally known and respected master in the field of fly fishing. He has taught fly-casting and fly-fishing techniques since the 1950s, and he has fished in all fifty states, every province in Canada, Iceland, and much of Europe, South America, and the South Pacific. Lefty is the author of the L.L. Bean Saltwater Fly-Fishing Handbook (page 156), Presenting the Fly (page 159), Fly Fishing in Salt Water (page 154), Saltwater Fly Patterns (page 160), Practical Fishing Knots (with Mark Sosin, page 159), and 101 Fly-Fishing Tips (page 158). He lives in Maryland.

ROD WALINCHUS has illustrated numerous books on the outdoors, including Practical Fishing Knots (page 159) and Western Fly-Fishing Strategies (page 159). He lives in Livingston, Montana.