Tailwaters Education · One to one
Private fly casting lessons in Dallas.
Make the fly go where you want it to. Tailored casting lessons from beginner to advanced — one instructor, one to three students, and only the faults that are actually yours.
- Length
- 30 or 60 min
- Students
- 1 to 3
- Levels
- Beginner to advanced
- From
- $50
What we work on
The casting faults we fix.
Improved casting opens up more fishing opportunities. We meet you where you are, then work the specific thing that is holding you back.
Tailing loops
Loop formation and control
01
Lining the fish
Accuracy and presentation
02
No room behind you
Roll cast and direction change
03
It falls apart past forty feet
Distance, wind and weight
04
Pricing
Lesson lengths and pricing.
30 minute refresher
One student max
$50
One hour lesson
1 student
$100
One hour lesson
2 students
$150
One hour lesson
3 students
$200
Group
More than three, or a private event
Call us
Have a specific day or time in mind that is not showing availability, or would you prefer us to travel to you? Call the shop on (214) 219-2500 and we will sort it out.
Skill levels
Beginner to advanced casting lessons.
Beginner through advanced. The level sets the drills, not the price — that is set by how long you book and how many of you there are.
Beginner
Beginner +
Intermediate
Advanced
How it works
Beginner and Beginner +
Preliminary then advanced instruction and drills to establish the foundational skills for casting a fly rod and forming a loop that takes the fly to the fish.
Intermediate and Advanced
Drills and strategic techniques for efficient fly delivery, distance, non-dominant casting, accuracy, and wind or weight resistance.
We can come to you
Prefer your own water, or a time that is not showing online? Call the shop and we will quote it.
Who teaches it
Most of the people behind the counter teach these classes. They guide, they fish this water on their days off, and they know where beginners get stuck.
Tailwaters instruction staff
Where this sits
You are here.
Step one
Fly Fishing 101
Casting and knots from scratch.
Read more →Step two
Fly Fishing 201
On the water, reading it.
Read more →Step three
Advanced Casting
Loops, accuracy, distance, wind.
Read more →You are here
Private Lessons
One to one, your fault only.
Step five
A guided trip
Water worth the drive.
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Advanced Casting
Loops, accuracy, distance, wind.
Read more →
Fly Fishing 101
Where everyone starts.
Read more →Not sure which lesson?
Tell us where you are and what you are struggling with, and we will tell you which lesson fixes it fastest.