Fly Casting: Using a Water Haul for Trout Fishing

Producer: The New Fly Fisher

Pete Kutzer with the ORVIS Fly Fishing School demonstrates the best way to use water tension to load the rod and make a quick upstream cast. The water haul is a great skill for anglers to have in their casting arsenal and is very valuable fishing technique. The water haul is particularly useful when you’re fishing a rig prone to tangling, such as a tandem nymph setup with split shot and an indicator. Because you don’t false-cast with a water haul, you don’t give those items the chance to wrap around each other.