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Just came across your post on casting. Your St. Criox, thouhg labeled as an 8 weight, will actually throw a 10 or 11 weight line a whole lot better. Rods are made so stiff today that you have to compensate for that with high line speed. By going to a heavier line, the rod will load more deeply into toward the butt section of the rod and in turn put more energy into the cast so that you don't have to work so hard. This is simple physics. With a properly matched line and rod, you should be able to lay the head section of the line on the ground in front of you and throw your entire line with one back cast, no double haul. I know this flies in the face of today's conventional wisdom, but it is true and it works. And I can guarantee that those guys who were throwing line so well into the wind were "overlining" their rods as well.
So find a guy who will let you borrow a reel with a 10 or 11 weight line and give it a go or go to your local fly shop and see if they have 10 or 11 weight reel set up you can use out in the parking lot or berhind the shop. You will find that you will need to slow down your casting stroke some in order to let the rod load. You will feel it. Believe me.
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