with Philip Maher
Thursday February 23rd 2012

Casting lessons

casting lessons

Hourly Private Casting or Spey Casting Instruction

For novices and advanced fly anglers alike. Spend an hour or two with one of our personable and professional guide/instructors to improve on your casting technique, add distance to your cast or put some new tricks in your casting repertoire. This hourly private instruction is intended to give personal hands-on guidance and is a great way to drop old habits and set in motion new skills that will make your time on the water more enjoyable. Advanced reservations necessary, equipment can be provided.

Cost:

€40 per hour for Single Handed
€50 per hour for Spey
Maximum: 3 anglers

2 Hour single handed group casting clinic

The two-hour casting clinic is designed for beginners and intermediates to become familiar with two fundamental types of casts; the overhead and roll cast. This clinic is designed to give students the casting proficiency to be on the water and catch MORE fish. Additional casting techniques and concerns may be addressed during the lesson. All equipment can be provided for class.

Cost:

€60 per person
Maximum: 6 anglers

3 Hour Group Double handed casting clinic

The three-hour casting clinic is designed for beginners and intermediates to become familiar with three fundamental types of casts; the Snap-T, Double Spey and the Single Spey. This clinic is designed to give students the casting proficiency to be on the water and feel comfortable with a spey rod from either side of a river. Additional casting techniques and concerns may be addressed during the lesson as well. All equipment can be provided for class.

Cost:

€80 per person
Maximum: 4 anglers

5 Hour Mini-school/advanced Double handed Casting School

5 Hour Mini-school/advanced Double handed Casting School
5 Hour Mini-school/advanced Double handed Casting School

The mini-school has been structured for the person going on a trip with friends who may be more experienced and don’t want to slow them down. Three and one-half hours learning essential knots for freshwater fly-fishing as well as an intro to fly selection based on entomology. The last hour and one-half is spent becoming familiar with casting a fly rod. This class is meant to prepare you to be on the water and confident in your ability to tie on your fly, cast to and hopefully land a big fish. During this time the instructor will also talk about reading water and understanding where fish will be located and why.

This is also a great class for more experienced anglers heading into a new realm of fly fishing. For freshwater anglers heading to the tropics for the first time, this is great class to take advantage of our staffs vast experience guiding/hosting/fishing all over the world. We can introduce you to new knots that will be essential in a new environment, fly patterns, casting techniques for wind on the flats and general discussion of what to expect, wherever you might be wetting a line

Cost:

€100 per person
Maximum: 4 anglers

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