So it’s Monday, Monday of Thanksgiving week, and you’d rather be standing in water, tropical water over a sandy bottom, throwing something bone-fishy into the wind, needing to legitimately use your double haul.
For those of us perhaps needing a tune up, here’s a pretty nifty training trick from Pete K of Orvis Fly Fishing at the Big House in Vt.-
Even if you understand the concept and the mechanics behind double-hauling, teaching yourself to do it can be difficult because you can’t watch yourself while you cast to see what you’re doing right or doing wrong. So what’s the big secret? Cast sidearm, so the rod and line move parallel to the ground. This allows you to watch the whole process: the loading of the rod, the timing of the haul, and the way your line speed increases when you do it right. When you can actually see the mechanics of the double haul, you can more quickly perfect it.
