What's this guy doing?

[Wildfisher]

Because it's not fly fishing.

First rule of fly casting if you want to catch fish - keep false casting to an absolute minimum   

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_58o7wYk1E

[Fishtales]

Looks like a young lad getting lessons to me.

[Wildfisher]

Could be, but the Test is an expensive place to get a casting lesson.  :lol:

[Fishtales]

Daddie's paying

[Wildfisher]

Back in the day I took my boys fishing to Loch Laidon with one of their pals. The pal was a great caster, really put out a long line. He was the only one who caught nothing. He just false cast over and over again. It looked good but spooked the fish. Turns out he had only ever fished in small stocked fisheries before that.

[superscot]

Drying his flees 

[Bobfly]

A quiet day spent rod waving !!!  No acceleration backwards or forward ... no need for any false cast at all !!!