Nice! Plenty of beautiful places to cast a fly rod there!

Thanks Bernd,
I've never really measured and never thought too much about distance. But now I'm focusing on practice and improving and I wanted to have a frame of reference.

Mark

Hi George,
I live in central CT, near Hartford.

Mark

Interesting stuff, thank you!

Thanks John!

How is a fly cast measured? Rod tip to fly, rod tip to start of leader, feet to fly...or something else?

That’s great! Reminds me of how I was as a younger man with the ladies. Here’s one for the unusual species list! A Galaxiid in backcountry NZ. Sight fishing of course :cool: pinkpsycho24.jpeg Cheers! Paul Funny! That is a good skill. Cool fish! Reminds me a bit of the pickerel we have here. But I j...

Mangrove Cuckoo wrote: ↑Thu Dec 28, 2023 10:50 pm Hi Mark,

Welcome to the (mostly silent) minority.

Gary in Florida

Thanks Gary! Is the minority US folks?

What part of the state are you in?

Mark

Thanks Bendix and Graeme!

Thanks Paul, glad to find the site! Recently I most like to fish for new (to me) species. That has led me to appreciate all species - even micros and microfishing. If I'm travelling, I'll research the area and try to learn about as many new species as I can, big and small, and target them. So far I ...