Fly Fishing with Chris Dore

Casting with Brendon. I dont usually go into a personal 90 minute session with a plan and even wing talks / group sessions depending on what they respond best to. We may cover a lot of ground or stick with one or two main focus points depending on how the student progresses. We usually begin with the student throwing a few overhead casts ...

Recently I received a message from Rob asking if he can learn to spey cast and successfully swing flies with his everyday trout gear.

Here’s a secret: that trout rod you have in your garage will allow you to spey cast. Spey refers to a style of casting, and this can be performed with any fly rod, single or two ha...

Here's a clip that illustrates the importance of perseverance and considered actions when fishing to tricky trout. A load of instructional tips right here so sit back, crack a Moa and enjoy.

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A cool casting session with Tim today from the Otago Anglers Assn where I found him a very fast and accurate learner.

On the initial casting assessment I identified a number of self-taught faults however by simply moving him into a more comfortable ‘three point grip’ he relaxed immediately, fixing his death grip on the rod, punchy application of power and utilising the wrist and forearm in a more natural, relaxed way. The tracking problem he wanted to work on sim...

Following on from last week, and as I'm focusing heavily on thrashing the tidal zones, bigger river systems and larger, Southern Lakes myself at present, casting for distance is todays topic. It's no use having all the gear and no idea so here's a quick hit on things to consider, and how to refine your casting stroke to both increase your distance and reduce the overall effort.

It’s that time again when the larger rivers, stillwaters, rivermouths and esturaries beckon as winter kicks in. Often, covering maximum water is the key to success in such places and your typical 30' cast won't get you too far at all.

Long belly fly lines offer fantastic control and distance, howeve...

I often spend time watching others on the river and observing their technique. Recently while in Turangi I saw a number anglers, both visiting and local struggling to cast some pretty heavy stuff overhead style... There are easier ways, and it doesn't have to be so hard.

When fly casting, we are usually told that line ...

Above: Chris, Rene and Tore - Q&A session

Thank to everyone that came along on Saturday for the Sporting Life Winter Fly Fest. Turn out was great even though the weather wasn't, already looking forward to seeing what we can do for ne...

Tore Nilson, Rene Vaz, Chris Dore, Peter Carty and Matt Wilson tying, casting and talking fishing at Sporting Life Turangi... Get there!

If you havent spent time on your tracking, chances are its affecting your distance, and accuracy. This is a very common issue I work on with clients.

We all know that tight, efficient loops require the rod tip to track a straight-line path (SLP). This is true not only of the horizontal plane, but also of the vertical (i.e.; from the birds eye view).

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