Fly casting might look easy¿you just move the rod back and forth, right? Well, that¿s true, but between ¿back¿ and ¿forth¿ a lot can go wrong. The perfect marriage of human skill and dexterity to the cork and graphite of today¿s fly rods takes a good bit of work, and this is the how-to book that gets you around common mistakes and bad moves so you can develop the muscle memory that makes for easy, accurate, and highly successful fly casting. Author Al Kyte¿s instruction and numerous full-color photographs break down the parts of the cast to help you better understand what is happening and how to put all of the parts of your cast together to make noticeable improvements. Geared for fly casters of all skill levels, particularly beginning and intermediate casters, Kyte¿s systematic method of changing and controlling the various ways a rod moves can help you approach those hard-to-reach fish and fool them into taking that favorite fly pattern in a strike.