Weeks 1–3 · The stop
Where the cast is actually made.
The programs, in detail
Four programs of 6 to 12 weeks, worked on your casting video and your own water.
Program 01 · Loops, not lassos
Casting that lands
Casting is the part everyone films badly and nobody diagnoses. We work from ten-second clips: where the rod stops, how the line loads, why the loop opens. Then roll casts, reach casts and enough distance for real water, practiced on a lawn for ten minutes a day.
Weeks 4–6 · Loop control
Tight loops into wind, open loops on purpose.
Weeks 7–8 · Roll and reach
Casting where there are trees behind you.
Weeks 9–10 · Accuracy
Hitting a dinner plate at thirty feet.
Weeks 1–2 · Structure
Reading current, depth and cover.
Weeks 3–4 · Approach
Where to stand, and where not to.
Weeks 5–6 · Drift
Mending and getting a natural presentation.
Weeks 7–8 · Working a pool
First cast to last, in order.
Program 02 · Where fish actually sit
Reading water
Send photographs of your river and we'll mark where to fish and in what order. Then the presentation side: mending, drag-free drifts and approaching a pool without announcing yourself from forty feet away.
Program 03 · Stop buying randomly
Flies & hatches
Most anglers own four hundred flies and fish six. We cover the handful of insect groups that matter, seasonal hatches for your region, how to tell what fish are eating, and how to build a compact box that covers a season.
Weeks 1–2 · The insects
Mayflies, caddis, stones and midges, without the Latin exam.
Weeks 3–4 · Matching
What is hatching, and what fish are taking.
Weeks 5–6 · Subsurface
Nymphs and where most trout feed.
Weeks 7–8 · Your box
Cut down to what earns its place.
Weeks 1–2 · Research
Maps, gauges, reports and regulations.
Weeks 3–4 · The plan
A day built around conditions, not hope.
Weeks 5–6 · Review
What happened, and what to change next time.
Program 04 · Arrive with a plan
New water & trips
We plan a real trip: reading flow gauges, finding legal access, timing the day, and building a short list of what to try first. And we'll tell you honestly when a local guide for one day will teach you more than a month of anything else.
Want to know why the loop collapses?
Twenty minutes on your cast, your river and the first fix. Free.