I find this cast helpful with heavy depth charge lines and weighted flies (clouser minnows) like we use for striped bass in New England. Once I strip in and see my fly ( and confirm it isn't being followed) I will do a Belgian cast to get the rest of the line out of the water and moving. Then I can start a double haul cast. This can cut 1-2 false casts out of the next presentation, keeping the fly in the water longer and the shoulders happy.
Hello from Belgium,I'm a Belgian flyfisher and have been using this cast for some time now without knowing its called "The Belgian Cast",I fish a lot at the biggest saltwater trout lake in Europe (Lake Oostvoorne in The Netherlands) and 99% of the time under windy conditions,with this cast I can do most of my fishing with a #6 line,without having to switch to #7 or even #8 lines like some do.Nice vid,exellent explanation.Tight lines !
pwrcstr oosrvoorne is de leukste forel plas van NL. Moet je nagaan dat tot 117 jaar geleden in Belgie en Nl de grootste zalm trekken en forelteekken waren!! kunnen we ons niet eens meer indenken. De Rijn bijboorbeeld. maar ook hoe prachtig en ongerept de Ardennen moeten zijn geweest. Niks gekwwekte of import forelletjes eens per jaar onnatuurlijk er in gooien. maar Prachtige en grote dikke bruine forel in zelfs de kleinste stroompjes Man man wat heeft men alles leeggestroopt. Ook al is het onnatuurlijk: de forellen in O.M. maar het is idd errug mooi om er op een mooie doordeweekse dag vroeg te beginnen. En er zwemmen echt gote regenboog
Well explained, but "slowly moving" the rod backwards is wrong. As the real time sequence at the end demonstrates... it's precisely opposite: very high line speed (not slowly moving).
These casting vids have helped me a lot!! Thanks!! Just a suggestion but cant you guys do some vids on fly retrieving... I get trigger finger on my middle finger after a whole day fishing for predators using a single hand retrieve and i struggle with double handed, any tips??
funny how people give all kind of names for casting. This in particular is what you will automaticly do, when you are standing in a too strong wind on your wrong side. Not to brag, but I have done this after the first time I got my heavy beaded fly smacked into my eye!. I automaticly kept the line as low to the water as possible. Now i come across this video and apparantly someone jas gave it a name!! lol. I think in this particular condition casting weather, it is too much to give it a name. A spey cast is more legit in my view As skagit is. anf as the term double haul is. or overhead cast. or a snap T cast. Bur this is more like the cast you make backwards because the wind is too strong coming in right at you: automaticly you turn 180 degrees and start casting, only you relaese at the last backstroke. I dont know if I make sense. But i feel the ' belgian' cast is like a small adjustment to a narly windy situation. Wich we have here in our complete mountainless and below sealevel little country all the time
I just learned this cast, it's an amazing tool for freshwater fishing as well! Great video!
I find this cast helpful with heavy depth charge lines and weighted flies (clouser minnows) like we use for striped bass in New England. Once I strip in and see my fly ( and confirm it isn't being followed) I will do a Belgian cast to get the rest of the line out of the water and moving. Then I can start a double haul cast. This can cut 1-2 false casts out of the next presentation, keeping the fly in the water longer and the shoulders happy.
Thanks for the break down Bruce. I almost got the hang of it, but not quite!
Hello from Belgium,I'm a Belgian flyfisher and have been using this cast for some time now without knowing its called "The Belgian Cast",I fish a lot at the biggest saltwater trout lake in Europe (Lake Oostvoorne in The Netherlands) and 99% of the time under windy conditions,with this cast I can do most of my fishing with a #6 line,without having to switch to #7 or even #8 lines like some do.Nice vid,exellent explanation.Tight lines !
pwrcstr oosrvoorne is de leukste forel plas van NL. Moet je nagaan dat tot 117 jaar geleden in Belgie en Nl de grootste zalm trekken en forelteekken waren!! kunnen we ons niet eens meer indenken. De Rijn bijboorbeeld. maar ook hoe prachtig en ongerept de Ardennen moeten zijn geweest. Niks gekwwekte of import forelletjes eens per jaar onnatuurlijk er in gooien. maar Prachtige en grote dikke bruine forel in zelfs de kleinste stroompjes Man man wat heeft men alles leeggestroopt. Ook al is het onnatuurlijk: de forellen in O.M. maar het is idd errug mooi om er op een mooie doordeweekse dag vroeg te beginnen. En er zwemmen echt gote regenboog
I have been doing this in Abaco without knowing it has a name or is a technique. It's just what I found that works!
I’m not surprised that you don’t call it a Belgian cast in Belgium. I bet you guys just call it a cast there.
Well explained, but "slowly moving" the rod backwards is wrong. As the real time sequence at the end demonstrates... it's precisely opposite: very high line speed (not slowly moving).
These casting vids have helped me a lot!! Thanks!!
Just a suggestion but cant you guys do some vids on fly retrieving... I get trigger finger on my middle finger after a whole day fishing for predators using a single hand retrieve and i struggle with double handed, any tips??
Good for 6 in pike flies too I bet
Beautiful
I use that cast everytime its windy , didnt know it was called Belgian cast :-)
As a people from Belgium I didn't know we exported something other than beers and mussels
Btw really helpful vid
My girlfriend slams big "bones" in crosswinds.
Why is this a salt water cast?
plural? when is the divorce?...
Yeah, that's all great but turn around and make that cast in the other direction. Tell me your not wearing that fly after that.
Uhh, your backcast IS in the OTHER direction. Duh.
funny how people give all kind of names for casting. This in particular is what you will automaticly do, when you are standing in a too strong wind on your wrong side. Not to brag, but I have done this after the first time I got my heavy beaded fly smacked into my eye!. I automaticly kept the line as low to the water as possible. Now i come across this video and apparantly someone jas gave it a name!! lol.
I think in this particular condition casting weather, it is too much to give it a name. A spey cast is more legit in my view As skagit is. anf as the term double haul is. or overhead cast. or a snap T cast. Bur this is more like the cast you make backwards because the wind is too strong coming in right at you: automaticly you turn 180 degrees and start casting, only you relaese at the last backstroke. I dont know if I make sense. But i feel the ' belgian' cast is like a small adjustment to a narly windy situation. Wich we have here in our complete mountainless and below sealevel little country all the time
If it makes you feel better, the guy that named it didn't get any money either. Waaaaaaaaaaa............
what the fuck was that ?