Fly Fishing Types of Cast

 Basic Fly Casting – Overhead, Roll, Steeple Casts, And Slack Line Cast And Mending The Fly Line

The most basic types of fly casting are the overhead and roll casts. The overhead cast is the most straightforward and commonly used cast in fly fishing. The overhead cast is the first choice of cast in waters where there is adequate room for false casting. The roll cast is the second most basic and useful cast, used when there is not room behind the fisher for a backcast. Additionally, the steeple cast is somewhat less used, employed when there are smaller obstructions behind the fisher, such as grass or shrubbery. Finally, mending the fly line and the making slack line and reach casts are necessary at times for a drag free drift. Below is a series of short videos that explain these basic casts.

                           Basic Fly Casting Part 1 

                          Basic Fly Casting Part 2 

                          Basic Fly Casting Part 3

Slack Line Cast/Mending the Fly Line

                                               Reach Cast

Remember, learning to fly cast properly will take some time practicing. It is better to practice ahead of time, so that you will be ready to cast when you get to the stream.