Barry Beck photo
February 25, 2020
By Ross Purnell | Photography by Barry Beck
It’s always interesting to see someone get their hands on a brand new fly rod—something they haven’t cast before but might have heard about from friends, guides, or the pages of a magazine. They take the rod to the parking lot at the local fly shop, or to the casting pond at a sporting show, and often the first thing they do is peel way too much line off the reel, start double-hauling, and determine how far the rod can cast.
It kind of makes sense, right? You’re there to cast the rod, not fish with it.
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