ORVIS - Fly Casting Lessons - Making An Accurate Roll Cast

Here's the latest video in our series featuring Pete Kutzer of the Orvis Fly Fishing Schools, in which he demonstrates proper form for making an accurate roll cast. Two of the keys are to pause long enough to let your line form a D-loop behind you, and to keep your rod tip high at the end of the forward cast. These will help you put your flies right where you want them to be, even when there are obstacles behind you.
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[@cjbotts]

This guy is the smoothest caster I’ve ever seen in my life. I wish I could get a few hours lesson with this dude. Would prob pay dividends for the rest of my life

[@Fernando_Woolybooger]

"Practice with a consistent length." - definitely helped me. Thank you!

[@dariomanfroi9447]

Probably the best instruction video about roll cast that I have seen 😁

[@billh4802]

Thank you, this is very helpful!

[@differentfins]

I am going out tomorrow with the kayak, a roll cast is obviously not needed from a boat but I'll practice it. Btw I tried fly fishing for the first time ever last week and I was amazed at the results. Caught a dozen bass that evening!

[@TheNorthwestWind]

what cast from the boat?

[@differentfins]

@@TheNorthwestWind yup after that first time fly fishing from the kayak for bass it became my favorite way to catch them.

[@TheNorthwestWind]

@@differentfins i just bought my first fly gear. itching to get out

[@differentfins]

@@TheNorthwestWind nice! I started using foam terrestrials and it was like candy for the bass. Next thing I want to learn is pike/muskie fishing with streamers and then using nymphs and dry flies for trout.

[@TheNorthwestWind]

@@differentfins appreciate the tips brother. cheers and best of luck

[@keeganpenney169]

Every fly rod angler needs to master roll casting. I learned from my dad and his friends like perry munroe. Where we all live, if you wanna just get out and fish locally you almost always need to roll cast. Otherwise your havin a bad day in the trees.

[@OscarOverlanding]

Thank you!

[@sumanrana3025]

Thank you

[@junderhillmac]

Thanks. I would like to see this full side view also.

[@MaHa-mr4rn]

Hello Pete,
I like your casting Videos but I'm searching a good instruction for a rollcast with a NARROW and LOW and ELYPTIC curve !
I've seen this in a book from Lefti Kreh but I want to ask you kindly if you can show this on TH-cam ?
Maybe if possible you can also show a horizontal (or early) rollcast e.g. for below overhanging bushes
Nice regards from Markus

[@slhibbs]

nice orvis

[@charleseden5246]

How can unhave the line pointed in the direction u want to cast if u are bringing back in from downstream and trying to cast it back up stream to start the dead drift again

[@sasmith1993]

Can you have too much line out to do a roll cast? I.e. too much line on the water?

[@matthewlyness8161]

How much line should I have out

[@bubbahottep8644]

Side views would really help. Thanks.

[@JeffFanning]

Push with your thumb ?

[@joshsamuelson1793]

Can you shoot line with the roll cast? Probably a dumb question I know. I am new to fly fishing though and only know the regular cast, clumsy as it is for me.

[@tommyrq180]

Yes, you can under the right circumstances. You can also use a haul to get more line speed. My single hand roll casting improved dramatically when I learned to Spey cast (double-handed). All of those casts are basically sophisticated roll casts requiring very little room behind the caster. But the answer to questions like this will always be, “It depends.” If you practice this basic roll cast like Pete instructs and you get a decent loop and distance, then you can start experimenting with shooting line, hauling and trying non-linear double-handed roll casts from the Spey tradition. My two cents only! 😅

[@JeffOgard]

Is this the same with 2-3 fly’s. Split shot and indicator?

[@FreeFormFlyFisher]

Yes

[@tommyrq180]

Yes but you’ll want to do perhaps another preparatory roll cast to get the rig up high in the water and then cast with a more open loop which takes practice.

[@nathan.bechelli]

My line doesn’t go out straight and keeps on cribbing all up

[@ryandiandrea8209]

But how do you cast back up stream after your line has floated downstream. Why does no one ever show this in roll cast videos?

[@vibratingstring]

snap-T

[@galatura]

That's A Spey Cast.

[@cgdurant1]

If the line is downstream and taught, it has a load on it, just forward cast. River Loading the line is the back cast

[@briantalbot7929]

@@galatura which is just a variation of a roll cast

[@galatura]

@@briantalbot7929 Yes, more or less

[@andrewmcgaha9629]

Is there a maximum distance that the roll cast is effective?

[@tommyrq180]

Yes. Like all casting, the limits are based on several factors such as wind, current, skill, line, fly type. But mostly skill. Really good roll casters can really sling it. My roll casting improved when I learned to Spey cast (double handed). They have perfected how to really huck it out there from non-linear hang-down positions, as in when the line is downstream after a cast or swing and you want to put it back out there 90 degrees to the flow. It all requires practice and Pete’s instruction is spot-on as the Brits say. 😊

[@user-hi2cv2tg6x]

❤😊😊hello

[@chrisvaldez4997]

He always demonstrates on grass. These would be more useful filmed in real life situations.

[@vibratingstring]

Actuakly a number of Pete's vids are on teh piond.

[@FT4Freedom]

Roll cast in grass is the best way to practice.

[@tommyrq180]

In this very video he demonstrates it on the water. And note that he demonstrates the basics on the grass and hits his redfish target on the money every time. That shows that although water “stick” helps, skill and practice helps more. As he recommends, it’s best to practice in the water, but if you can’t, it’s best to practice on the grass. Practice is the most important thing. 😊

[@adventureswithfrodo2721]

You try that on a real stream and your screwed. Never fished in a field.

[@orvis]

It's actually easier on a stream because the drag on the line from water helps a roll cast. Try it and you'll find out.

[@mikehuntsmels9680]

The Orvis Company i have more trouble on the water and i dont understand what i do wrong

[@vibratingstring]

current? sinking tip? Most troublesome in roll casts are larger or heavy flies. This is exacerbated by long leaders, not a lot of flyline out, ---- an unbalanced system. For instance a #8 wooly bugger on a 3 weight rod and line is almost impossible to roll smoothly. The fly will make an orbit around the end of the flyline and either catch a low hanging branch over the water, or make an unceremonious "plop!" as it lands.

[@tommyrq180]

If you practice like Pete advocates, when you try this on a real stream it will work like a dream. Most really accomplished fly fishermen can execute roll casts and catch fish (key) in a variety of very challenging situations. In some fishing environments such as small streams the roll cast might be the only one you employ. So it’s good to practice, practice, practice. As Pete says. 😊