Jim Green

Jim Green (1920-2004) was one of the most influential fly-casting instructors of the 20th century, teaching his beautifully disciplined style to generations of grateful students. He won the international casting championship, the first of numerous such honors, in Paris at 17. In 1947 he made a then-world-record two-handed cast of 206 feet.

In his productive career, Jim worked with R.L. Winston, the Sunset Line Company, Sevenstrand, Fenwick, and Sage. His pocket guide Fly Casting from the Beginning (1971) and an instructional casting film used by Fenwick and and L.L. Bean introduced countless anglers to the sport’s skills. A pioneer in creation of new fly lines, he also developed the milestone Fenwick Feralite ferrule, and was instrumental in the

creation of the first graphite fly rod, the historic Fenwick HMG series.