by flynnboy » Sat Sep 26, 2009 6:45 pm
Hi Guys
I finally went out for my first ever saltwater fly fishing excursion today. I have been a freshwater salmon fly angler for some years but casting in the salt was quite different and I have a question.
I am used to using a double handed 13' rod and today I was using a Cam Siegler 9'6" #10 for the first time, single handed of course. On a river 'distance' is something governed by the boundaries of both river banks and is something you can fairly easily judge. In the sea today it was really quite different - In the vastness of the sea my casting distance seemed absolutely puny ! I was casting something like maybe 15 yds max. On a river this would seem okay and would not be a problem, but I have to say I thought XXXXX !!!! that's nothing - surely I am never going to catch a fish this close in ? It seemed like it was going nowhere.
Am I going to catch fish just 15 yds in from the shore ?
flynnboy