Buffalo Vs Appalachian

[Al Agnew]

Fly casting while sitting always feels more awkward, because you've gotten used to doing it standing while wading. But you CAN get used to casting a fly rod while sitting.

I used the fly rod for a while in the solo canoe the other day. Casting was no problem because I've done it enough. But what's more difficult in a canoe when fly fishing, compared to using conventional tackle, is making quick one handed course corrections. You try to make them with all your fly line on the water or partly puddled around your feet and sometimes the line is draped over the paddle when you start to pick it up, or the fly sinks while you're making the correction...it's a whole lot easier to reel a lure right up to your rod tip and then pick up the paddle. While I often prefer to fish in the solo canoe when baitcasting, I think with a fly rod I'd prefer to float with a partner in a tandem canoe, so that one of us had sole responsibility to handle the canoe, while the other one concentrated on fishing. I've done that many times when fly fishing, and it's great.