Tips to Immediately Improve Your Fly Casting

Eyes forward - Quarterbacks, pitchers and golfers don't watch their backswing. You shouldn't be watching your backcast. Keep your eyes forward and watch the spot where you want your fly to land.

Limp wrist = limp cast - Nothing takes the power out of your cast like bending your wrist. Keep it stiff to get longer more accurate casts.

Fools rush in - Hesitate at the top of your cast. You have to wait for the line to load.

Be the fly danny - Different weights and sizes of flies call for different casting methods. Casting big, heavy flies requires a longer hesitation at the top of your cast. Very heavy flies like weighted streamers, requires a pause that is felt by the jerk of the fly, then go forward. Lightweight flies can be cast with less hesitation. Cast the fly you have on.

Whose line is it anyway - Line management is key. Keep some extra line off your reel at your feet. When lifting your line off the water, hold the line firmly in your non-casting hand. Casting a short distance with long line is poor practice in most instances. If you want to shorten your cast, strip the line in before casting. Lets say on one cast you land on the bank. Strip line in before casting again. Casting the same length line again will just catch the bank again. When trying to lengthen your cast, strip line off your reel before you begin casting. Stripping line off your reel a foot at a time while false casting, wastes time and energy.

Two lovers in the moonlight cast one shadow - You should limit your false casts to one too. One false cast is plenty to get your fly the distance needed. It also means your fly is in the water more, and that is where the fish live.
Snap to it - Start slowly lifting your line off the water, then speed up with a snap to the top of your cast. Make the stop at 10 to 12 o'clock very firm. After a hesitation, bring the rod forward.