Posts Tagged: fly casting

A day in the life

Yes, that name is a bit stolen, I have to admit that… think it is ok. A day in the life, great tune by the way! Went fishing today as usual. Many small trout were landed, but the big ones knew how to avoid the fly. Here are some moments from today and yesterday: 1…. Read more »

Rage Against the Shadow Cast

Approaching 60.000 views on YouTube and Vimeo, Tapani´s little satire on the art of fly casting is still causing massive controversy online. Especially on YouTube, where haters and lovers leave their comments on a regular basis. In fact, some viewers were getting so heated up by this little video that we had to start moderating… Read more »

New SC Competition Entry: The Limp Cobra Cast

Another cast by Marc Fauvet. Cat’s name is Pussy Galore. Limp Cobra from JFF Shadow Cast Competition on Vimeo. See all the entries and post your own at The Shadow Cast Competition Page !

The Mystery in Helsinki

Hi, Me and Joona are in Helsinki. Let’s just say that we were bored about nothing happening in the winter and decided to step it up a bit. I don’t want to reveal exactly what we’re doing, but maybe something related to an upcoming competition. Also there may be some clues in these these pictures…. Read more »

Casting a Shadow: An Exploration of Technique

I was recently made aware of an exciting new development in fly casting from the gentlemen here at Jazz & Fly Fishing: The NEW, IMPROVED J&FF Shadow Cast. This cast takes the signature technique from A River Runs Through It in a completely new direction, and serves to finally tie together the broad, sweeping strokes… Read more »

Coming soon: Jason Borger´s take on the J&FF Shadow Cast!

As we all know, the internet is a fantastic way of getting in touch with people all over the world. Even your heroes are suddenly within reach. Last monday, we got this comment about our new J&FF Shadow Cast from someone called JB, saying that the “beauty of it brings tears to my eyes”. Since… Read more »

The Shadow Cast

In the movie A River Runs Through It Brad Pitt is seen doing a cast so beautiful that it makes a grown fly fisherman cry. This cast was named the “shadow cast” and it was actually performed by Jason Borger, who runs the Fly Casting Institute. Now, Jazz & Fly Fishing has developed a new,… Read more »

Coming up: The Shadow Cast

Here are some more pictures taken this summer when we were perfecting the new Shadow Cast™. We are showing a video about how to do it tomorrow. Stay tuned! -Tapani Photos: Roger Bråthen © 2010

The Art Of Fly Casting

The art of fly casting is fascinating, challenging and beautiful. And it’s fun! Some people think it is so fun that they hardly fish anymore, they’re just casting. Hour after hour, cast after cast, no fish. More casting. No fish. I guess many of them are called salmon fishermen. Anyway, back to the subject! There… Read more »

Learning Fly Casting

Can you learn fly casting in just 2 hours? Apparently you can. One of our missions at J&FF is to teach every jazz musician how to fly fish. In just two hours in separate occations, my friend Joel (who is also a great jazz bass player!) learned the basics. And as you can see in… Read more »