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If you're like most people who never tried the side arm cast, you'll find it a little weird at first. All the fundamental rod motions are the same— the short stroke and then the gentle acceleration to an abrupt stop.  But the muscles doing them are different.

As always, be patient. Get used to the idea that this'll probably feel awkward at first and that you'll mess it up a few dozen times before it becomes familiar.

To make this as easy as possible, you'll want to learn with no more than 15 feet of fly line (excluding the leader) beyond the tip-top. Because gravity pulls things down, long side arm casts are very hard to make. With so little clearance to begin with your rod tip travels just about three feet over the ground through both strokes— there's just not time for a long back cast to straighten out behind you before it

Start with the line on the water or lawn and the rod pointing straight at the yarn or fly. As you make your pickup, do so by bringing the rod up diagonally, off to the side. As you ease into your back cast, make it in a horizontal plane. That’s not just "leaned out to the side a little bit."  That means that the rod travels perfectly parallel to the ground. Make some false casts in this plane, keeping your casting hand at exactly the same level— no higher — as your elbow.


You'll have best results if you make your hand travel at least 18 inches during each casting stroke, as though you are making a snow angel with your forearm. If your usual overhead casting style is with your torso square to your target, you'll have an easier time if you turn your torso out toward your rod. To do this comfortably, drop your right foot back and look toward your casting hand as you cast. Otherwise, your shoulder will have to open out a lot on the back cast, which will feel awkward.

A good sidearm cast can be done with your torso upright and comfortable. If you need to make longish sidearm casts, swivel your torso slightly with both the back cast and forward cast, as though you are watching a tennis match from the net. This will give you more line speed, more comfortably than you can generate with a fixed torso. You'll also need to bring the rod up somewhat from horizontal to give the longer line more ground clearance.

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