Interesting question John, what do you mean by technique?

Regards

Vince

It may be a minor nit picky kind of point on my part Paul but that is not competition accuracy and it is not a passing performance in a CI test. I don’t think that it is a nit picky point. If the objective is learning instead of performance then the solution is highly likely to be different, the co...

For coaching more advanced students I think Accuracy Targets are good because the game has a clear objective, it’s measurable, it’s addictive to many people and if we enjoy it and spend hours playing the game we will see improvements in our fishing. I can attest to that personally and I know I’m no...

So there is an optimal cast for sure. There are an infinite number of them! There are also an infinite number of sub optimal casts. Assuming they are all done safely, optimal casts achieve the objective efficiently, sub optimal. I would not teach a competition or assessment accuracy technique to an...

In many ways it is an excellent example of what happens if instructors manipulate constraints to create drills or practice routines where a caster has to problem solve.

Improved retention as well, if they solve it themselves

I agree with everything you say Paul, I’ve never had a student that I could take straight into the specific exercises, which is why it needs a longer term training vehicle. Standing hoops you say? https://vimeo.com/411131326 I made that out of an old coarse fishing knotted mesh keepnet, the ring is ...

I also forgot to mention that the point of my practice session video with my dog in was not to hit the target, but to keep the line off the ground after landing the fly. This is part of the skills required to deal with drag in pocket water, ideally you are set up a long leader for that reason. I’m a...

Morning Paul Constraints and complexity are 2 different properties, it’s mixing learning and performance. Constraints are designed to lead the student towards a particular solution rather than make a task more difficult and I think that there’s value in building any constraints around the fishing pr...

Almost all of my teaching is for saltwater, but every once in a while someone asks for trout stuff. And I have to admit I'm usually flustered on how to even begin. Usually it is from saltwater folks who have made their first trip up to the mountains and have been humbled by the "tiny fish you ...

I think much of this is true, Mark. I’d love to see an assault course crazy golf style flycasting game. That would be fun. This of course means that there are more constraints and not less. We call that fishing around here,although we might make a bid to host the World Fly Casting championship IMG_...