GF Flycast Design
GF Backhand Power Haul | Magic Switch | GF Vertical Bow Cast | The Dunker | Snap-T | Snap-Z sh | Snap-Z dh
I have been fishing since my early childhood and if you would ask me what I like more, fishing or fly casting, you will immediately get the answer: "Fishing, of course!" I am a fisherman and the fish I could not get were the motivation for my longlasting trainings on the lawn and in the gym to improve my flycasting technique. During these year long exercises I was developping several new casts and technical variations which I spread among the fly fishers around the world in dozens of shows and special fly fishing events and of course in my courses and especially the instructor training courses. In those courses I have taught some of the best instructors of present times which helped to spread these new casts into all corners of the fly fishing world within a relatively short time.
I want to explain you several casts/technical improvements now, which I have developed in the last decades and which show great advantage in special situations. They have meanwhile been published in several books and videos. The GF Upstream Pick Up (meanwhile aka Snap-T/Snap-Z/Snap Cast) are some of my oldest casts but only became popular after teaching them in the States in 2000 to some enthusiastic instructors from Calgary.
GF Backhand (off shoulder) Power Haul - Perfect Double Hauling
aka Arrow Haul / High Hauling
My revolutionary backhand hauling technique (based on my more efficient double haul technique for the basic cast) allows better loading of the rod, smaller loops and much longer casting distances. Well known instructors all around the world have confirmed the enormous efficiency of this cast and many of them use it now and have dramatically improved their off shoulder casting. The rod loads much better and the harmony between rod hand and line hand is optimized. This makes your flyline fly and fly and fly...
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GF Vertical Bow Cast
A vertical Air Mend/Bow Cast for nymph fishers. A trick cast only for specialists which makes the nymph sink much faster and easier!
This is my improved high speed Tuck Cast which makes the nymph sink very fast. It outcompetes all other variations of tuck casts becauses the rod tip movement is optimized to get the highest speed of the nymph when it snaps through the water surface.
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The "Magic Switch"(Minimal Switch)
The most elegant and efficient way of Switch Casting. To be seen on the DVD of the special edition 20 of Fisch & Fang " So wirft man die Fliege" on chapter 5 "How professionals cast". First published in Sedge and Mayfly in 2005 and latest publication was in Russia's leading fly fishing magazine in 2008.
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The GF Pickup Cast (Snap-T)
A trick cast for the nymph fisher, which I have created in the eighties, that allows a long distance presentation in situations where there is not much space for common casting techniques. Since I have demonstrated this technique in the States one of my students gave it the name Snap-T. This cast is meanwhile used world-wide for fishing with two handed rods.
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The Snap-Z
A switch cast for special situations which allows to carry more line in the air (larger D-loop) and get a deeper loading of the rod.
>> Snap-Z video(single hand rod) >> Snap-Z video(double hand rod)
Two handed fly casting(videos)