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BayFly · Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2018 8:40 pm Post subject: Lefty Kreh has died. :(

I hate to be the bearer of such bad news, but most of us fly fishers have at least read something or a book Lefty wrote or worked on.

bulldog1935 · Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2018 5:00 am Post subject:

I'll pony up. Long ago, listened to a Lefty tape on a long drive to fish the Rockies.
Though he referred to double haul as a "trick" you don't need (years later, proved him wrong on that, it's the only way to properly cast a parabolic taper rod) - I did learn one invaluable lesson from him - and this really is a trick - that works.
Anything you do with your wrist in a cast is wrong - breaking your wrist is English you add to the leader, and is the biggest cause of slapping the water on a backcast.
Lefty's tip that stuck with me for the next 30 years:
To avoid breaking your wrist in a cast, turn your wrist so that you can't see your thumbnail, i.e., reel toward your cheek - then it's not physically possible to break your wrist.

I've had great fishing experiences as a result of my long association with the GRTU board - you name them, I've fished with them or at least hung out with them, a couple on tv.
What we share in common, and Lefty was certainly president of the club - put a fly rod in his hand, and he turned into a kid - and that's what made him infectious.
and if you guys read your Ezekiel, there's fly fishing in New Jerusalem.

Tyler · Site Admin Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 12840

Sad but he did live a long and interesting life. I have quite a few friends who got to meet him and said he was a nice down to earth guy.

R.I.P Lefty!
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BayFly · Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2018 11:39 am Post subject:

lifeaquatic · Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2018 4:21 pm Post subject:

He was a legend in every sense of the word. I met him once at a fly casting seminar. His humor and friendly personality was immediately apparent at first impression. I remember a demonstration where he used only the top section of a two piece rod to throw nearly 90 feet of line. Lots of experience, skill and talent to make it look effortless. He stressed that a double haul just requires you to keep your hands together and then on the haul all you need is a short pull down with your line hand - none of that full arm extension nonsense. All I can say is he had impeccable timing and technique for casting a line. He was a great ambassador for the sport of fly fishing; sorry to see him go.