Video tapes/DVD's for study

Hi, Group...

In the past I have sent you my reading list, and my video list for study.

Unfortunately, there are some poor and misleading tapes out there....which I 
will NOT include. Also...I may be guilty of leaving out some good ones. Here 
is a basic video / DVD list:

1.) Joan Wulff's, DYANAMICS OF FLY CASTING (tape & DVD)

2.) TEACHING YOURSELF TO FLY CAST...PART I, LEARNING THE ESSENTIALS.  by 
Bill Gammel

3.) THE BEST KNOTS FOR FLY CASTING SYSTEMS, by Bill Nash....( 
billsknots@xxxxxxx )

4.) BASIC FLY CASTING WITH DOUG SWISHER  (3M Mastery series...(800) 525- 
6290

5.) ADVANCED FLY CASTING - Doug Swisher (same scource)

6.)SALTWATER FLYCASTING, 10 STEPS TO DISTANCE AND POWER.....George Roberts - 
www.whitemouseflyfishing.com)

7.) THE ESSENCE OF FLYCASTING I....Mel Krieger

8.) THE ESSENCE OF FLYCASTING II....Mel Krieger

9.) THE ESSENCE OF SPEYCASTING....Mel Krieger

10.) LEFTY KREH ON FLYCASTING (DVD)(800)661-5918

11.) 15 MOST COMMON CASTING ERRORS  FFF Library

12.) FISHING KNOTS FOR FRESH & SALTWATER (DVD) (425)   392-3935

13.) LESSONS WITH LEFTY (703) 683-5666

14.) FLYCASTING WITH LEFTY KREH..(Gary Borger..Tomorrow River Press, PO Box 
1745, Wausau, WI., 54402-1745)

15.) THE ART OF ADVANCED FLY CASTING by Chico Fernandez, Penguin 
Productions, Inc. (800) 267-0166

16.) ALL NEW FLYCASTING TECHNIQUES....Lefty Kreh - Outdoor Safaris 1221 ?W. 
Coast Highway, Newport Beach, CA 92663

17.) LEFTY KREH'S EXCITING WORLD OF SALTWATER FLYFISHING...  (SAME SCOURCE 
AS 16.)

18.) THE ORVIS FLY-FISHING SCHOOL

19.) THE ORVIS PROGRESSIVE FLY CASTING METHOD, VOL I

20.) THE ORVIS PROGRESSIVE FLY CASTING METHOD,VOL II

22.) FLYCASTING  by Tom White

23.) LEFTY'S TIPS, TACTICS AND TECHNIQUES FOR FLY FISHING.....VOL I  AND VOL 
II.

24.  INTERNATIONAL SPEY CASTING (Rio Prod.)
rio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx  (208) 524-7760

25.) SPEY MASTERCLASS with DEREK BROWN (The Usual Press, Elora, Ont., Canada 
(519) 846-8448

26. SUCCESSFUL FLY FISHING TECHNIQUES WITH TOM WHITE...PART I , AND PART II. 
(604) 874-2000

I know some of you have found some other really good ones...if so, let us 
know.

Some off-hand comments:

Joan's video/DVD is, in my opinion a MUST. Perhaps the best one I've ever 
seen for truly covering the basics.  In my opinion, Joan is the first to 
have actually described accurately, the "anatomy" of the fly cast. I 
recommend watching it.....then go back and STUDY it.

Bill Gammel's video should be studied carefully.  He teaches fly casting 
based upon the essentials, and demonstrates a great way to learn to carry 
increasing amounts of line.  I suggested that he consider renaming the 
video, "One Foot At A Time". I first watched this one through, thought about 
it, then got a yellow lined pad and took notes while stop/forwarding.

No. 14.), FLYCASTING WITH LEFTY KREH is the tape which is mentioned in both 
Borger's books in describing the, "thrust cast", or the "Lefty Kreh Wind 
Cast".  When Lefty does this, it's so fast that even when you slow it way 
down, it's hard to really see exactly what he did.....so look at it AFTER 
reading about it in Gary's and Jason's texts.

Mel's tapes should be studied, carefully.  Really good basic information.

Tom White demo's the "dump cast"...which most of us call the "snap 
cast"....with single handed casting in his video...This may well have been 
the forerunner to the modern day, SNAP-T of Spey casting.  It's also 
described in Jason Borger's book as the, "snap pickup".

No. 13.), LESSONS WITH LEFTY is, I think, a particularly good teaching 
technique film.  In it, Sarah Gardner (FFF Master and guide) plays the part 
of a student while Lefty instructs.

No. 5.), ADVANCED FLY CASTING.... Doug Swisher, is especially good for 
teaching dry fly presentation casts for all different directions, "around 
the clock" on the stream.

No. 6.)  George Roberts' video on salt water fly casting emphasizes almost, 
"to a fault", the development of a good back cast before even trying to 
forward cast or false cast.  His point is well taken, however, because it is 
true that if you don't have a good back cast with this SW fishing, you are 
not even in the ball game.

                             Gordy