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Austin Orr

@elevateflycasting

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Full time casting instructor / trip prep for serious anglers. Helping make good casters great.
FFI CI based in Austin, Tx. Teaching worldwide.

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If you’re not putting flies in trees or getting hung up on other structure occasionally, you’re not putting the fly where it needs to go. Get hung up enough, and you start figuring out how to get yourself out of there. Also, remember to work on your backhand. #elevateflycasting #flyfishing #flycasting #castlikeyoumeanit by @elevateflycasting

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4 days ago

Blind casting a gurgler on the morning of Borracho 15, chatting all things fishing, business and life with a new friend. A great way to spend the morning! #elevateflycasting #flyfishing #flycasting #flycastinginstruction #castlikeyoumeanit by @elevateflycasting

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7 days ago

A great time had by all at @borrachopescador 15. Looking forward to next year already! by @elevateflycasting

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8 days ago

@borrachopescador is almost here and we are coming, ready to play. We’ll be hanging out all weekend, putting some rods in people’s hands and kicking off Friday with a casting competition alongside Austin Orr of @elevateflycasting

We’ve got an 8wt NAM + Einarsson combo and a Sight Line Provisions bracelet up for grabs for the winner.

Good people, good fishing and a little competition mixed in. See y’all at Borracho #15.

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@sightlineprovisions by @elevateflycasting

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15 days ago

Two new Back to School podcast episodes released today.

First we sit down with Cameron Mortenson of @thefiberglassmanifesto for a discussion on rods, what matters, where your money goes, and how to pick the right rod for you.

Then we sit down with Austin Orr of @elevateflycasting to discuss how to improve your casting.

Head to www.captainscollective.com to listen. by @elevateflycasting

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a month ago

Teamwork | TX Amazing day on the water with Elissa and full-time fly casting instructor extraordinaire Austin Orr @elevateflycasting Elissa has been working with Austin throughout her fly fishing journey and that work continued on the water in “real world” applications making amazing casts, quick adjustments to fish behavior and deliberate decision making that paid huge dividends. All that work shows and made for a magical day! @elevateflycasting is available for casting instruction across the U.S. and on the water during your next charter. #portaransasflyfishing #elevateflycasting #redfishonfly #saltwaterflyfishing by @elevateflycasting

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2 months ago

Sightcasting among the reef and rubble for blue bastards and blackspot tuskfish is a game that demands both skill and luck. You’ve got to make the cast, the fly has to sink down to the bottom without getting picked off by another (smaller) fish, and the fish you want to catch has to turn the right way to see the fly. You can hear my annoyance with a poor cast that, moments later, turns out to be the right cast, partially because I delivered the fly quietly and the fish didn’t notice the surface splash in the breezy conditions.

You need to intuit when the fish has eaten the fly based on body language, not by feeling the strike, and set the hook well.

Once hooked, the fish will try and wrap you up in the underwater landscape. Sometimes blue bastards, like this one, will be confused and give you an opportunity to fight them to the boat for a quick net scoop - that’s what we tried for here, initially - and then if that fails it’s a matter of trying to keep the line up and out of the rocks. Clearing line, circling the boat, keeping up with the fish and making sure to maintain appropriate line angle and tension are all critical, and then the fish is at the boat and in the net. It’s nice when everything goes right, but it usually doesn’t.

Guide extraordinaire: @cullanashby
Location: @thecapelodge

Cameraman capturing the action: @phos.tou.cosmou by @elevateflycasting

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3 months ago

Throwback to demonstrating a roll cast at the casting event that @tropicalsportfisher and I partnered up on in Cairns this past May. Looking forward to getting back over there and doing some more of this - what a picturesque place to do some casting eh? Thanks to 📸: @phos.tou.kosmou for the capture. by @elevateflycasting

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3 months ago

Me - getting hung up again, as we do - and using a roll cast to get the fly off the stick.

Goal #1: When you first get yourself into this kind of trouble, don’t make it worse by yanking and pulling on that fly. You’ll just drive the hook into the tree - not helping.

Goal #2: We are trying to get the fly line on the opposite side of the stick from our position, to use the energy and weight from the line to pull the fly back backwards and pop it off the stick.

You’ll notice I took a moment and lined up the shot, getting just enough line out to make it past the fly but not so much that it was likely to get hung up on another stick. Then I sent a small, fast loop down the line to pop the fly off. At that point, I felt like I had only minimally disturbed the spot, so I went right back in there a few feet away.

It’s inevitable that we find ourselves hung in cover (that’s where the fish are!), so learning how to deal with that reality is a big part of feeling more in control of your fishing experience. by @elevateflycasting

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3 months ago

It’s always that one dang branch that gets us! Also, don’t be afraid to experiment with not only roll casting over your off shoulder, but trying to make different shapes of loop so you can sneak that fly back into places. by @elevateflycasting

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3 months ago

The annual Colorado/New Mexico adventure is complete! Saw my good friend @anettecarlisle in Amarillo, spent the 4th with my folks, fished the Conejos and the Pecos, and visited with my sweet friend, Alice, at Los Pinos Guest ranch where I worked as a teenager and rang the breakfast bell.

Special thanks to Austin Orr at @elevateflycasting for the refresher lesson on how to actually fish a river, Micah at @conejosanglers for showing me how to catch lots of trout on the Conejos when the water is SUPER low, and Will at Rio Grande Angler for showing me the Continental Reservoir…and that big brookie!

My sincere apologies to whoever fishes with me next on the Texas Coast. That trout set is burned into my muscle memory! by @elevateflycasting

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3 months ago

Open to all Chapters | Join us for a Fly Casting 101 Clinic with Austin Orr from @elevateflycasting ! Limited spots available, link in bio! by @elevateflycasting

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3 months ago