Master the Cast: Fly Casting in Seven Lessons

I gave my first book away to a friend who is learning and bought hardback for myself through Amazon. I should buy more to give away!An excellent book on fundamentals and more that should be in every fly fisherman's (and woman's!) library. For the novice an excellent place to start. For the experienced a great reference to review for curing those little problems that crop up from time to time.Roberts has extensive experience teaching and it shows in how well he explains what the fly rod does during a properly executed cast and what you need to do accomplish it. When you understand that and experience a properly executed cast a little light goes on as you get a glimpse at the beauty and art of fly fishing.Once you're grounded in the fundamentals he goes on to clearly explain how to perform proficient casts in varied surroundings and conditions.Great book! Buy it!And when you're on your way give it to someone learning and buy another.UPDATE 6/2/16: Check out MasterTheCast.com. Wealth of information, and you can arrange private lessons!

I had been away from fly fishing for 10-15 years and knew that in order to get back into casting I wanted to forget my prior bad habits and learn the correct way to cast. This book is the ticket. I quickly learned what I was doing wrong years ago, the right way to do it and had fun practising what I learned from the book. I strongly urge anyone who wants to learn the fun and art of fly casting to buy this book.You will be glad you did. Roberts has also put out a DVD on distance casting that will extend your knowledge and dovetail with the basics learned in Mastering the Cast.

Although I am not a fan of the "power snap" this is a great introductory text to fly casting. (I am an IFFF Certified Casting Instructor and teach frequently.) This is one of the few books where it would be possible to "self-teach". If there was an accompanying DVD it would be even better!

This is the "go to book" for anybody who wants to learn how to fly cast. Mr. Roberts goes into excruciating detail on how to do it and what not to do. My fly casting has improved dramatically.

ALL I CAN SAY IS ORDER AND READ ITTHERE IS NONE BETTERDAVID DREZ, JR.,M.D.

I happened upon this book in our local library. I have been flyfishing off and on for the last 15 years, even so this book greatly improved my casting. My biggest improvement came in using the flyrod more efficiently. The author really focuses on the basic casting stroke rather than going into detail of all the specialty casts. I didnt realize how bad of a caster I was, until I started to make near effortless casts after reading this book.

Just as with Ben Hogan's famous Five Lessons: The Modern Fundamentals of Golf, understanding the "mechanics" does not always mean you'll shoot lower scores. (I'm a testament to that!)And by reading this book, doesn't mean you'll catch fish. What it does do however, is give you the confidence, and style, in your cast to make fly-fishing both more enjoyable, and fun. Whether it's golf or fishing, style points count and that's what "Master the Cast" did for me. Follow the drills and cast with confidence! If you own a fly rod, you need this book

Great Book!

Goods has described.

Very informative.

This book was written almost 20 years ago and has been overtaken by video material available on the web