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With Studio Built Fly Rods, you can create a custom fly rod that's tailored to your exact preferences. Choose between different types of grips, reel seats and blank colors, plus add a custom inscription. *Please note that our Studio Built Fly Rods have a minimum 6-week waiting list. Our Reference Series fly rods also feature the same top-quality cork, blanks and components. But without any customisation options. Rest assured our Reference Series Fly Rods use the same industry leading blank and cast exactly the same as a custom built Studio Built fly rod - but without the price tag.

Casts That Catch Fish

Name: Casts That Catch Fish
Brand: Epic Fly Rods
SKU: CTCF-Digital-Stream
Price: 14.95 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.9 (90 reviews)

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Casts That Catch Fish

$14.95

Casts that Catch Fish - Fly Casting DVD

Essential Presentation Casts that Catch More Fish

Improve your fly casting with in-depth fly casting instruction from Federation of Fly Fishers Master Fly Casting Instructor, Carl McNeil.

Reviews:

"A Concentrated, to-the-point instruction video as good as they come” 5 Stars

"The best I have seen by a country mile."

"an indispensable reference in the years to come"

"The best Value Fly Casting Lesson you'll ever get"

Casts that Catch Fish sets the standard for fly casting DVDs, beautifully filmed in breathtaking surroundings this hour long workshop features incredible slow-motion fly casting sequences.

Take a one on one fly casting lesson with Federation of Fly Fishers Master Fly Casting Instructor Carl McNeil as he demonstrates the essential fly casting presentation casts.

Each fly cast is explained step by step in plain simple language with the assistance of slow motion and graphical overlays.These fly casts should be considered vital ammunition in the arsenal of all fly anglers of both fresh and salt water. In addition to the slack line presentation casts McNeil covers the roll cast, Bill Gammel's Five Essentials of good fly casting and dealing with windy conditions.

Improve your Fly Fishing with this Top Fly Casting DVD

FEATURING:

Roll cast
Reach mend
Pile cast
Wiggle cast
Aerial mend
Bucket mend
Tuck cast
Curve casts
Dealing with the wind
The Five Essentials of good fly casting

Learn the Secrets to Great Fly Casting

Runtime: 50 mins
Format: Universal DVD, plays all countries (Both NTSC and PAL compatible)
Digital Purchase. Unlimited streaming access via mobile and desktop devices.

Bonus Content: Includes Bill Gammel's 5 essentials to good fly casting

One of the worlds top selling fly casting DVDs

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The Epic® Difference

At Epic, we take huge personal pride in the quality of our products. We use only the best industry leading components and materials available, and our craftsmanship is unparalleled.

Epic is a premium, performance-driven fly fishing brand for discerning anglers who demand the best. Our fly rods offer unmatched accuracy, sensitivity, and versatility for a superior fishing experience. Built to last in challenging conditions, Epic Fly Rods are the ultimate choice for fly anglers who value performance, quality, and craftsmanship. Each Epic fly rod is carefully crafted using the finest materials, making them the ideal tool for anglers of all skill levels. Whether you're fishing for trophy trout in a remote mountain stream or targeting big toothy critters in the salt, Epic Fly Rods are designed to deliver an exceptional fishing experience that you'll never forget.

Industry-leading fly rod blanks using state of the art composites
Stunning FLOR grade cork grips that stand the test of time
Hard anodised reel seats ensuring a lifetime of service
Premium quality stripping Titnaium guides that will not rust
Corrosion proof Ion-plated snake guides
SureFit™ Ferrule System for immediate section replacement
Stealthy and chip-resistant SnakeBelly™ finish
Premium quality composite rod tubes and our unique 'flip top' rod sock
Superior service and ongoing customer support

The Materials
Epic fly rods are made to exacting standards using either a proprietary S2-glass composite or a multi modulus, helical constructed low resign Carbon Fibre system.

Our Carbon Fibre blanks are light, crisp and at the very forefront of fly rod design.

Each material features a unidirectional fibre layup which aligns fibers longitudinally along the blank. The result is an incredibly strong, light and powerful tube with a crisp, precise response. This recipe, rolled to our Epic tapers combine silky smooth easy loading with trophy pulling power.

Regardless of the material you decide to choose, you have before you what we sincerely believe is the very best fly rod produced.

All jargon aside, these fly rods are just fantastic to cast, they look incredible, are super tough, and are a hell of a lot of fun to fish with.

The Epic "Love it or Return it" Guarantee

Fish your Epic fly rod for 30 days. If, by the end of that, you don't think it's the best fly rod you've ever owned, we'll give you a full refund.

We are so very confident that every fly rod we make is of the highest quality possible we guarantee your complete and absolute satisfaction or your money back.

If one of our products fails to meet your expectations either at the time you receive it, or over the next 30 days, contact us and tell us why you are disappointed and we'll make it right or arrange a total refund without question.

Carl McNeil - Founder, Wanaka, New Zealand.

The Epic Warranty

We've Got You Covered

Every Epic fly rod that we produce is covered by our lifetime, original owner warranty. This warranty covers failure due to defects in material or workmanship of our product.

This warranty is limited to repair and replacement of the rod or blank and does not cover direct, indirect, consequential, incidental or any other type of damage resulting from the use of the product. This warranty does not cover fire, theft, missing rod sections, intentional breakage, modification or customization of the finished rod, or damage during the assembly of a blank into a finished rod.

Epic Fly Rods reserves the right to determine whether to repair or replace any Epic Product covered by this warranty and the right to replace any discontinued models with comparable models when necessary. Colors and components may vary between original and replacement parts.

This Policy applies to the original owner only and may not be transferred to another person.

We will always do our very best to get you back out on the water fishing our gear again as soon as possible.

Reviews

"Exceeded all expectations"

"Exceeded all expectations in every way" Bob Mallard. Author, Writer, Reviewer. USA

"Life Changing"

"This fly rod is a magnificent achievement, I sing it's praises to every serious fly rodder I know"
Macauley Lord. IFFF Master Casting Instructor. Author.

"The quintessential fly rod"

"The quintessential example of what a fly rod should be"
Ian Cole. Guide. Casting Instructor. New Zealand.

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5 Star Reviews

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FAQ

Why buy Epic?

More fly rod for your money. Servicing our customers direct means we’re free to use the highest grade components and materials available and offer outstanding service and support.

If you have any doubts as to our commitment to quality products and customer support please read our reviews.

Buy with Confidence. 100% Satisfaction Guarantee and Epic Lifetime Support.

Do you ship overseas?

Yes, we ship all over the world. We ship tracked courier internationally every single weekday. Shipping and tracking information is emailed out to you and SMS updates provided also.

Do you offer a warranty?

Yes we do - the best in the business.

The Epic Promise

If you order one of our beautiful fly rods and are not delighted with it we'll refund your purchase in full. We are so very confident that every fly rod we make is of the highest quality possible we guarantee your complete and absolute satisfaction or your money back.If one of our products fails to meet your expectations either at the time you receive it, or over the next 30 days, contact us and tell us why you are disappointed and we'll make it right or arrange a total refund.

The Epic Lifetime Warranty.

Every Epic fly rod that we produce is covered by our lifetime, original owner warranty. This warranty covers failure due to defects in material or workmanship of our product.

This Policy applies to the original owner only and may not be transferred to another person.

We will always do our very best to get you back out on the water fishing our gear again as soon as possible.

How long will it take to get my order?

It depends on where you are. Overseas deliveries can take anywhere from 5-7 days. Delivery details will be provided in your confirmation email.

How do I contact you?

Easy! - just pop over to our contact page for all the details.

Your question may already be answered, check out our knowledge base here >

Or contact us here > - we'd love to hear from you

What if I break my fly rod?

Break a tip? we've got you covered. We send out replacment sections the same day.

Our Surefit™ ferrule system is so precise that breakages can be addressed by simply sending out the replacement part right away. Gone are the days of having to return a broken section and waiting weeks for a return.

Who is Epic?

We are a small, passionate team focused on designing & producing extreemly high quality fly rods & fly fishing accessories.

As fly anglers we delight in supporting our customers with outstanding customer service. Let's hook up.

The Epic Story Epic is owned and run by Carl McNeil and Jeanie Ackley, the filmmaking couple that produced the award winning fly fishing films Once in a Blue Moon, Casts that Catch Fish and Itu’s Bones.

As a Certified Master Fly Casting Instructor Carl has taught hundreds of fly casters and mentored many anglers to gain their fly casting and Master Fly Casting certifications.

Carl served on the Fly Fishers International fly casting and certification committees for 10 years, he is a past associate editor of the FFI fly casting magazine "the Loop" and has been extensively published in fly fishing magazines worldwide.

He was awarded the 'Presidents Pin' for 'Services to fly casting" and has also received the IFF Conservation Award.

His ground breaking fly casting DVD "Casts That Catch Fish" is one of the best selling fly casting DVD's of all time.

Jeanie is an award winning filmmaker, camerawoman & researcher, and has recieved an Oscar nomination from The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for her documentary camera work. She is an accomplished business woman.

Born & Bred in New Zealand We reckon New Zealand is the perfect test laboratory to develop great fly rods.

And in true Kiwi fashion we favor solid design, original thinking and good old fashioned service over mass production, fashion and fickle trends.

We strive to be the very best, not the cheapest nor the biggest - and we pride ourselves on astounding customer service.

Epic Beginnings "Epic was born out of two frustrations I experienced in fly fishing:

My students were coming to fly casting classes with new fly rods so stiff and so lifeless they were extremely difficult to cast - even for me! _ Probably great rods if you wanted to bust out a 100 foot cast on a football field, but a total impairment when used as practical fly fishing tools.

The second big driver was my own fishing experience. Like all fly anglers, I wanted to be a better fly fisherman, become a better caster and ultimately catch more fish. And like all anglers, I’d grown through experimentation and improvement on just about every aspect of the sport. Rods, lines, leaders, my casting - and thousands of flies.

Eventually I started fish lighter fly rods and lighter lines in order to make better presentations. You know, to get more feeling, better casts and better response.

While the lighter rods had better feeling for sure, I was regularly breaking tips by point loading when netting big trout - Yep, we have some fairly big trout here in New Zealand!

And so the journey began. A journey to "build a better fly rod” - that phrase still sits on the whiteboard above my desk to this day.

Many materials were tested and many tapers developed in the quest to leave behind the stiff lifeless rods I was so used to using. My first fly rod that went into production, the Epic 580, went through 15 iterations before we settled on a taper that could truly be called Epic - and that's how the brand began.

Our tapers are powerful, but not stiff. Incredibly tough, but impart wonderfull responsiveness and feedback. And test, they can still bust out those long casts

I know that you’ll feel and appreciate the Epic difference. You’ll be making better casts, making tighter loops, better presentations, and ultimately catching more fish. And if you don’t, we’ll happily take back the fly rod you are looking at"

Effortless Fly Casting - Smooth Like Butter, Sweet Like Honey. Carl McNeil - Master Fly Casting Instructor - Author - Photographer - Filmmaker - Founder - Epic Fly Rods

Where are you?

Epic HQ is based in Wanaka New Zealand (where the big trout are)

We ship internationally each and every day with 67% of our fly rods exported to discerning customers in the 'Good Ole USA' - Jeanie, one of our founders, was born in Nashville Tennessee and grew up in Columbus Ohio (She's still a Buckeye Girl)

Our other main markets are New Zealand, where we are proud to be ’New Zealand's Fly Rod’ - Japan, Australia and Europe.

Our customer support is available Monday to Friday: 8am-8:30pm.Average answer time: 24h

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Robert - USA

Super Impressed!

I just recently received my 8wt fast glass rod and reel combo. The ordering process, shipment communication, build quality, and packaging care have been first class. I can’t wait to get out and try this new rig on the water. Thanks for your commitment to excellence.

Backcountry Double Fly Rod & Reel Vault

premium quality fly fishing rods made in New Zealand

Richard - USA

A Real Performer

Nice feeling rod took it to NZ in January and it performed really well. When I needed soft presentations it was perfect but still handled everything else. It was great to be able to pack it down and put it in my back pack for those long walk ins.

Reference 5wt 586-6G Backpacking Fly Rod

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Chris - Montana

Mind Blown

I am mind blown. Not only is the rod amazing, but after I had an issue with a damaged section of my brand new rod, I contacted Epic and was treated like a real person who was jist trying to get back on the water. Within jist a few days they responded, resolved and mailed my my replacement parts. That kind of respect and customer service is second to none and I will gladly purchase from them again.

Reference 8wt 888 FastGlass Fly Rod