by Glen Ozawa | Nov 10, 2018 | Casting, Casting Tips
A common problem in fly casts is the line slapping the water behind the caster. It’s a problem that once plagued me, too. There may be fish behind us, but that’s not where we are fishing. Once you understand how timing of the rod’s acceleration during a back...
by Glen Ozawa | Oct 19, 2018 | Casting, Community, News
For those of you who missed it, Dan Noyes from ABC7 did a story on Maxine McCormick, Teen Who Honed Skills in San Francisco Becomes Fly Casting...
by Glen Ozawa | Aug 3, 2017 | Casting, Community
(by Luis Montes) Fly fishing is my passion. It provides quiet interludes between the press and stress of my other passion, my law practice. I took up fly fishing on a tactical whim and on a friend’s advice over 30 years ago, yet I remain an inquisitive student of the...
by Glen Ozawa | Jun 20, 2017 | Casting, Events, Other Topics
On June 17, The Oakland Casting Club hosted our public casting lessons, led by Luis Montes. Although it was a hot day, a large group of people learned how to fly cast from some of the best casters in the nation. We pride ourselves for providing the best lessons in the...
by Glen Ozawa | Apr 28, 2017 | Casting, Casting Tips
As I started casting to targets, I began to notice an occasional dip in the fly leg of my front loop. It was a precursor to a tailing loop. If the dip was bigger or the loop was tighter, the loop would tail. No matter how slowly or carefully I started my front cast, I...
by Glen Ozawa | Jan 24, 2017 | Casting, Casting Tips
When Chris Korich asked me what my goal was for casting a number of years ago, I naively told him that I want to be able to cast to the other side of the small pond (~93 feet). His reply? Start aiming at the three nearest hoops (the blue, yellow and red). In...
