GREAT video! I tell all of my friends who want to learn to fly fish to watch all of your videos. Thanks, and keep to up. Perhaps do a video on how to buy and what to look a when you buy a rod and reel ( slow, med. and fast rods). Vest vs. packs vs. lanyards, boots: rubber vs. felt vs. cleats. 10 of your favorite dry flys, nymphs, and streamers. And finally show a "twitch mend" vs a "full style" mend so as to keep your fly from moving. I know there is so much more. Looking forward to seeing more!

Really helpful information ❤thx u

Bro, I'm not sure what video it was, but you so sold me on the 2wt, soft hackle spey swing. and you guys sell these amazing looking flys called the Rio King Swetfly. and omg. I'm on the tail water of the big lost in idaho, I wasn't catching much until I switched to this. It became an every other cast situation. but I wasn't landing fish. These flys.... the hook bends!!!!! or rather straightens!!!!! I've landed trout on 6x before. I know how to be soft. my 4 wt spey rod is medium action redington from amazon. super soft. 11'3. even a nice naitive 15 inch trout straightened these hoooks!!!! I couldn't believe it. finally I was here and figured it all out and found the magic sauce and could not get a fish in the net. every time the hook would be bent straight!!!! and I was being soooo soft and letting them fight, and run.... my drag could not have been any lighter. trust me I know how to bring fish in gently and slowly. I can't believe it. any thoughts? is the 4 wt too much for those soft hackles? I was in such a crazy situation becaue that was the fly they wanted!

I tried for days to get the haul right. After long time trying I have landed the motion and got it into two moves. The only part i am still struggling with is tge release at the end my line still falls flat

I always preferred river fishing because i have ADHD and it kept me busy and helped clear my brain and lake fishing was kind of boring and could only be done with friends around I’m glad to see that fly fishing will work on a lake too. I’ve called myself a fisherman and have tried to be one since I was 14 I’d never catch anything but i convinced myself that it didn’t matter because it was the therapy I was there for but now I’m 47 and I’m still after that therapy but I’d rather catch something too lol

Thanks for this video. You explained everything very clearly I spend most of my fishing time with spinning gear but I use to fly fish back in the seventies. I could cast pretty good and would single haul when needed. I always enjoyed the dynamics of loading and timing and was surprised by the number of people who could not get even the most basics. My son and his friends want to get into fly fishing so I guess I’ll be getting back into it. I’ll start practicing the double haul so they think I’m a god

Just so you know.. Don't Google "Nymphing" in front of your kids..

A Lob?😂 don’t watch this video shitty info.

I think this is the best breakdown I've seen of the double haul. I love to watch these videos to help me and to help instruct my friends that are converting lol. They were tired of seeing me pull in fish! Great series, too!

Great teaching !!! Thank you very much !!! Best regards from Iceland :)

That’s a good dog…

Great, informative video. Thank you Simon.

I just realize something I bought a sage one 690-4. I worked all summer for that damn rod and then it was on sale at Costco for $700 cheaper. Spit in my eye was that rod broke a total of seven times now and your warranty manager told me it was just “bad luck “I am a guide in Alaska. My clients by the rods I tell them to buy. Because I am always on the fish with them steelhead trout waters that I’ve never been fish before and to have your company sell me a Rod for $800 and your warranty department more than once tell me to get lost that the third time it broke I sent it in and it sat in your warranty department for six months to be sent back and the rod sock missing. Then your company tried to blame me for that when I didn’t send it in. It was my local fly shop. But the last interaction was the worst. I’m not gonna repeat what was said by the warranty manager or whoever runs customer service in that department, but I’m telling you right now you can get a hold of me by responding to this if you wanna make it right, I will give you the serial number and the registration Claim it’s Warren on your website. I don’t fish that rod anymore. It sits as a reminder of why we don’t use sage rods. They don’t hold up and they are meant for little tiny trout. Great job with your marketing, but it sucks that you forgot about the passion and the fishing. Thanks for stealing my money $800 for a rod. On top of that $300 back-and-forth with your warranty department and not having a rod every single summer for the past seven years. I told you guys it was a lemon. There was a manufacturing flaw and all I got back was a big middle finger and my money stolen.

absolutely amazing. I am sooo stoked! I love his stoke! Soo well explained. totally my teacher. gonna hit the river tomorrow!

i was wondering, there is a river with pikes and musky near my place, when the waters warmed up i was thinking about finding deeper spots but the current is kind of strong, is the deeper spots are really colder if the water is running? i mean the deep holes water got replaced all the times by hot water? i should drop a thermometer who can record the colder readings, maybe the flow happens on top of the

Thank you, very helpful.

Channel deserves more subscribers, and I never say this.

I fly fish for everything, small creek browns, brooks and rainbows, great lakes salmon and steelhead, bass, pike, and even walleye. Recently i was gifted a 16 foot, bamboo spey rod, and i was considering using it fo chinook and cohos. My main concern is that i generally use a 10 wt minimum as 25+ lb chinook are not uncommon. Should i put some 7-8 weogh line on the rod or kust make it a centerpin for using roe?

Thanks for all of this great content! With the help of this video (and just a few snags) I was able to catch my first fish on a fly rod in Yellowstone this week!

Nice video, thank you

Great Video Instruction Simon - thank you.

Absolutely brilliant Simon!!!! Thank you!

If you fish the flats or lots of lakes OK learn the double haul, otherwise you just don't need it. I learned it because I was supposed to to be a real fly fishermen. Never used it.

Great video, I always learn something from you. Thank you for all your instruction.

Thank you so much! I could not figure out why I was struggling to shoot line on the back cast sometimes and your advanced technique solved that for me.

Your double haul video of two years ago was excellent, this one is even better. You are a truly outstanding teacher. I have been working on improving my basic stroke and loop formation daily for about 6 months and am going to start your double haul practice program tomorrow. I have already obtained the shooting head and running line. I am not especially well physically coordinated, so wish me luck. Also, I am curious. With daily practice sessions of approximately 1/2 hour, what is the typical range of weeks of practice before an average student achieves the competency to consistantly cast a 5 weight Rio Gold 75 feet?

Great and clear explanation. Will give this a try.

I can see where this technique works well on larger waters, but I struggle to imagine how you can use soft hackles on smaller waters (streams less then 25' wide). How would you approach smaller waters?

Flawless instruction of basic casts! And I still learned a lot of it. I've never seen them so clearly explained! A must see for every flyfisherman... Keep up the magnificent work!

I can watch Simons videos and read his books over and over and I always pick up some nuances that I missed previously. My suggestion to those who think they need to spend lots of money, join a local fly fishing club. Soon you will acquire more fly fishing gear than you will ever use. Most clubs have free tables that seem to get continuously refilled as families donate their father or grandfather stuff when they pass on. And regular meetings with raffles and flea markets where people practically give stuff away to grateful friends. Plus you will get exposed to all kinds of fishing. And a good club will have regular speakers that will also help you along your path. And if you still want to learn on the cheap, buy a cheap $20 dollar line. Cut the head off and use Berkley mono for running line. I think the point that everyone is missing is that it’s important to feel the loading as to introduce good muscle memory. Makes casting the other lines easier because you have the basics down.

Tha k uuuuuuuy

Sadley Sage has no really improved on the Sage SP rods, the action is sublime.

Awesome video! I've been fly fishing for about 20 years but mainly fish rivers and have been wanting to do more lake fishing and definitely learned some new things. Thanks for the video and you got a new subscriber.

This is the best tutorial I’ve watched, had my first fly fishing session yesterday and couldn’t get the cast to go where I wanted and the fly would always fall right on top of the line. The whole loop concept is great and has immediately improved my casting, seeing the full cast and what its supposed to look like is also so helpful, thanks!

From all the fly fishing videos I watched last years, this really stands out! I really enjoyed it and I will recommend it to my fly fishing buddies at the oldest fly fishing club in Flanders (Belgium). The host does an excellent job (what a natural born teacher he is! - compliment from a teacher trainer ;-)) and throughout the video there's a very good balance between instruction and demonstration. The content is well thought through and strucured in well-defined chapters: very practical to browse. I can't wait to see all the videos... And then, off to the water!

Thank you, Sir! You are truly a brilliant teacher!

I love this channel.

Simon, my spey superman.

I absolutely love your videos. What size split shot are used? Weight?

Thanks

I think this is the hardest thing to perfect as a new fly fisherman. I think by the end of the season if I keep fishing as much as I am I'll get my loops much tighter. My back cast seems to be really good buy my forward casts are sloppy. The back cast naturally has translation and then rotation but my forward cast gets early rotation. I think I'll have to get some footage of me casting sometime to study.

I wish I had found these Far Bank videos sooner. I've been fly fishing for 55 years. I've been asked at least a thousand times for casting tips from beginners. Since the inception of the video 'how to' internet I've been looking for a video reference I could refer those inquiries to. A link that I know would impart the intricacies of casting without boring them to death or scaring them away with complexities. I finally found one! Simon, you are an asset to the sport ... and .... my new reference point for anyone who wishes to learn or improve. Great job!

You're a treasure for the fly fishing and fly casting community around the globe, Simon! What a great video 👍 cannot wait to put your tuition to use next time I'm back on the river.

Incredible series of instructional videos. It has taken my fly fishing to a whole new level. I do have a question, in another video you mention attaching a 7' tapered leader to the end of the versileader while here you use straight tippet based on sink rate. What is better?

These video's are great. I laughed when Simon threw out all the different casts at the end so effortlessly while I'm struggling to learn the basics. Anyways I'm going fishing now. Have a great one!

Tree's behind you make things so tricky. Thank you for sharing these video's.

Sure does look pretty too

So in order to properly double haul i need to spend 5 Thousand dollars in Rio products.

I love this channel ! Beautiful video production, and fantastic quality education !

Absolutely fantastic video production. I too can not believe this video is free ! Streamer fishing is sooo thrilling ! I will be watching all your excellent videos ! Thanks so much !