Why Take a Lesson?
Jim learned at a young age that developing a solid casting technique was crucial. Later this enabled him to master exciting new casts, increasing his enjoyment of the sport. Time spent developing your casting is so important and a good technique will last a lifetime. Get the best out of your tackle and have frustrating faults ironed out for ever. Don't let the conditions dictate your fishing. Get your fly to the fish and learn to enjoy your flycasting.

Single or Double Handed Instruction
Jim holds his A.A.P.G.A.I Masters in both single and double handed disciplines. Having taught fly casting at all levels for over 20 years he is perfectly placed to deliver all your instructional needs. He always endeavours to conduct his lessons in a relaxed calm enviroment and his depth of knowledge ensures that your time spent on the water will be a memorable one.

Casting Tuition
Ideally placed in the Yorkshire Dales, Jim Curry fly fishing offers a complete fly fishing service.

For absolute beginners wishing to get started in this fascinating sport through to experienced rods wanting to hone existing skills or learn more advanced casts.

Choose from individual casting sessions through to fully guided fishing trips chasing wild trout, sea trout and salmon. Jim has twenty years experience in the fly fishing industry and holds the highest available qualifications. So regardless of your requirements you can be sure that all your needs will be catered for.

Single-Handed Casting Tuition
Each casting session normally lasts for two hours. If you are new to the sport the two hour session is a great introduction to the basics of fly casting. This will include starting to explore the fundamentals of the roll and the over head casts, which are essential as building blocks of the more technical casts.

Beginners' sessions will also include an introduction to basic fly fishing skills such as river craft, fly selection, catch and release of quarry.

For the more experienced angler a two hour session will allow you to polish existing skills and develop new casting techniques as well as increasing rivercraft and technical knowledge. Casting sessions can be booked individually or as part of a course of lessons. Both can be tailored to the clients needs.

Single handed casts which can be covered dependent on skill level:

• Overhead cast
• Roll Cast
• Single Haul
• Double Haul
• Single Spey Double Spey
• Snake Roll Snap 'T'
• Slack Line Casts Curve Cast
• Madison Cast Barnegat Bay Cast

Double-Handed Casting Tuition
Regarded by many as a dark art double handed Spey casting is the most essential requirement when fishing a double handed rod but is often thought of as difficult to learn. When taught in a structured and relaxed manner my clients invariably surprise themselves by how quickly they are able to acquire this vital skill.

Learning to cast left and right hand up the rod with single or double Spey cast ensures that the angler is able to cover the water regardless of the wind direction and location on the bank.

Beginners sessions will include roll and double Spey cast as well as an introduction to river craft, fly selection and catch and release.

For the more advanced rods the 2 hour sessions will prove an invaluable way of honing existing skills. These sessions can also be used to learn other exciting modern Spey casting techniques and will include discussion on more advanced salmon fishing tactics.

Double handed casts which can be covered dependent on skill level:

• Roll Cast
• Overhead Cast
• Single Spey
• Double Spey
• Snake Roll
• Underhand Style
• Casting Sinking Lines
• Circle Spey
• Skagit