fly casting practice – Steve Yeomans

How to increase participation in fishing of any kind, not just fly fishing is an ongoing hot topic. I’m not the first person to suggest fishing games might have a part to play either. I’d also suggest they have a part to play in retaining people within the sport. Here are some of my thoughts.

A popular question I’m asked is “How did I start fishing?”. When I was just 4 years of age, someone bought a magnetic fishing game for me as a Christmas present (see header image). This inexpensive toy caught my imagination, captivating me to the exclusion of all other gifts. In the weeks and months that followed, I pestered my parents crazy to go fishing and so began my enduring obsession.

My own experience certainly suggests fishing games, both real and digital have a part to play in igniting the interest of children. With modern technology it must be possible to develop a fishing game that engages adults too?

Retaining people in fly fishing is another area where games are useful. Time on the water and fundamental technical skills are 2 barriers to remaining within the sport. Games that develop technical skills can be great fun, sociable if organised with a group of friends and productive in terms of improving your performance.

practice fishing games — The micro practice rod. A fun way to relieve office stress and improve fly casting!

While no games give you more time to go fishing, they can help you make the most of the time you have!

Have you found any good fishing games? Do you have any experiences or comments to add value to this post? If so, please leave a comment.

Thanks for reading!

SJY

Practice as the often quoted phrase says, makes perfect. We might all know it, however that might not be enough to make us want to indulge in it.

When talking about fly fishing and practice, we typically think of fly casting. This is really important, beneficial and can be great fun. Other aspects that benefit from practice (and which can be done off water at home or anywhere) are knot tying and fish spotting, the latter using visual exercises and drills to develop subsurface vision.

As for the benefits of fly casting practice, checkout the video below. How many times do I say the word “trip”?

With just a small amount of time and effort, it’s easy to obtain huge gains in your fly casting, fish spotting and knot tying. The big win for you, is being able to locate more fish, deliver your fly effectively to those fish and land more of them too. Need I say more? Yes, you say! OK, for further motivation, checkout this excellent bit of research.

Enjoy Practice!

SJY

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