Fly Casting- Accuracy vs Distance

Much has been said recently regarding distance fly casting, with some big names in the industry really putting down the need to cast at distance. One very well known name in the industry even went as far as to say of fishing with a 5 wt fly rod  “its absolutely stupid to throw a 40 foot cast with the goddamn thing, its just stupid, you’re going to fish 20’ away from you”, which inspired me to write this article. The truth of the matter is that it depends on the situation and having the ability to cast distance will put more fish in the net, but what is more important?  

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