Fly Fishing Help

have you considered that you might be using the wrong kind of line.

>>817547
5wt line with a Rio tapered lead, 5x. These were size 12 Nymphs. That should have been okay, right?

>>817534
How's that even possible? Did you tie the flies yourself?

>>817581
Ha. No. Paid about $2 a price at the local Bass Pro.

There's no "real" fly shops terribly close. Any good online places to order from online?

>>817582
Would just seek other hobbyists and buy from them.

I can only think of shitty tie to make them break like that. I have snapped my flies million times and caught branches all day and never seen that happen.

>>817534
OP, is the line making a whipcrack sound as you cast?

>>817591
Yes, which I know is bad.

How do I not do that? I'm just going to have to take a class, aren't I?

>>817601
Well, it's what's doing in your flies, that's for sure.

Not to worry though, this is fixable. Mostly it's a practice issue. If I were to sum it up in tl;dr format, it would say to try to remember that your rod should only be moving between 9 o clock and 2 o clock, with 12 being straight overhead.

http://howtoflyfish.orvis.com/video-lessons/13-fly-casting

These videos are kind of long, but they're not bad overall.