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Walter
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I'll try to
dig it out and send you the outline in an attachment. A second one from
prior years will be added, too.
Gordy
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From: Gordon Hill [hillshead@xxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 9:16 PM To: Jim F Valle Subject: Difficult casts to difficult places MADE EASY ! Jim....
Here it is :
With only 6 or 8 students, we can do the entire thing right on site with
very little retiring to a central place except for water breaks, etc. That
will allow us to cover a great deal of stuff in the little time allotted.
DIFFICULT CASTS TO DIFFICULT PLACES ***MADE EASY
1:00 PM - 1:15 Meet, assemble, roll call and
proceed to site. Facilities pointed out.
1:30 - 1:40
Introductions (GH, JV &
students.)
Safety check (Eye protection, Site hazards, sunscreen, hydration, any
special medical problems.)
1:40 -
1:50 Review of
basics (JV demo's, GH narrates.)
(Rod positions without line)
1.) Casting stroke. Stroke length.
2.)
Casting Arc.
3.)
Rod plane (Also called Casting Plane in UK &
Scotland)
4.) Line plane (Trajectory)
5.) Anatomy of a cast
a. Loading move.
b.
Power snap.
c.
STOP.
d. Drift and Followthrough
e.
"Creep"
6.) ESSENTIALS
a. SLP
b. Stroke length : Casting distance
c.
Slack
d.
Pause
e. Power Tension, Acceleration &
STOP.
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NOW WE BEGIN THE FUN PART !
1:50 - 1:55 We all take casting and
instructor positions.
STUDENTS PARTICIPATE AT EACH POINT. THEY
WILL BE ASKED FOR THEIR SUGGESTIONS TO SOLVE VARIOUS PROBLEMS WHICH WE WILL
POSE.
1:55 - 2:15 PROBLEM SET
I. ACCURACY JV CASTS GH
NARRATES STUDENTS
CAST
These trout are very selective and are
feeding in a very narrow feeding line. Very accurate presentations are
needed for your dry fly.
A. How will
you present your fly to a feeding lane only 15 feet from you
?
B. Now you
need accuracy to a fish feeding 50 feet out from you. It is too deep to
wade any closer. What do you do differently from the fish in A.
?
1.) Rod plane
2.)
Line plane (trajectory)
3.)
Rod loading (bend)
4.) Stance
5.)
Loop size
C. You are
casting to a feeding trout directly into a strong wind. You need
accuracy. The fish is 30' from you.
(? Hover the fly ? / ? "Drill" the fly well above the feeding point
in the lane ?)
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2:15 - 2:45 PROBLEM
SET II. MENDS & SLACK LINE
PRESENTATIONS GH CASTS JV
NARRATES STUDENTS
CAST
These trout are very selective and wary of any fly which doesn't behave
like a real insect. They reject and avoid any fly which is dragging in the
current the least bit.
A. The fish are feeding near the cut bank across the stream from
your bank. There is a smooth current with no, "tongues" of more rapid
water. How might you gain a presentation with a long drag free drift of
your dry fly ?
1.) Reach cast Reach mend
2.) Long, wide up stream on-the-water mend.
3.) Long, wide up stream in-the-air mend.
B.
Feeding fish are spotted out at 25'. The current is not swift, except for
a tongue of fast water about 3 feet wide out only fifteen feet from you.
Now how do you gain a drag free drift to these fish ?
1.)
A short sharp up stream on-water mend to counteract that tongue of
current.
2.)
A short sharp up stream aerial mend.
C.
Now you have fish feeding out across the stream near the cut bank 40' out from
you. There is little current, except for a tongue of fast water about 3
feet wide near this bank. What do you do, now ?
#
An aerial mend up stream way out at 35' to 40'. (NOT EASY
!)
D.
You have fish feeding at about 35' downstream from you. You need to get
your fly to them drag free. What might you do ?
1.) Wiggle mend, aerial.
2.)
Vertical hump mends. ("POP mends")
3.)
Slack line casts.
a. Pile cast ("Puddle" cast, "Dump" cast.)
b. "S" cast.
E.
You want to place a weighted nymph into pocket water which is deep in a fast
moving stream. How best to do that ?
1.)
Tuck cast.
2.) "Hi
stick" technique, leader cast to close in pocket.
3.)
Short roll cast, upstream. tension by "hi-stick"
technique.
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2:45 - 3:10 PROBLEM SET
III. CHANGE OF DIRECTION JV CASTS GH
NARRATES STUDENTS
CAST
A. Your fly has drifted downstream. You need to change direction to
place it almost straight across from you. How do you do that
?
1.) Multiple false casts as you turn.
2.)
Change of direction on your forward cast. (Wye cast)
3.) Change of direction on your back cast.
4.) Change of direction roll cast. (either
direction).
5.) Mention Spey casts. If time, can demo later.
B.
You are standing on a salt water flat. Your fly has been passed up by a
bonefish. You see a fish 180 degrees directly behind you. What do
you do, now ?
1.) Back cast presentation (Barnegat Bay cast)
2.)
Two forward strokes (Galway cast)
3.) Snap cast.
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3:10 - 3:15 Water break.
Q&A.
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PROBLEM SET
IV. LITTLE OR NO BACK CAST
ROOM
JV CASTS. GH
NARRATES STUDENTS CAST
A.
You need to get your fly out to a presenting fish out 30' from you. There
is a stand of trees behind you, allowing for only a 10' back cast. What do
you do ?
# Roll cast, standard.
B.
Now you need to get your fly out to a fish 55' out from you. There is a
stand of trees behind you with thick branches starting only 10' from the
ground. What do you do ?
1.) Distance roll cast.
2.)
Low, horizontal straight line cast.
C.
You need to get your fly out to feeders 45' out in the lake. Too deep to
wade more than 5' out with a high cliff right behind you. What cast might
you use ?
1.) Standard steeple cast.
2.) Modified steeple cast with wrist flip.
D. You are in a skiff fishing a 15' wide mangrove creek. Many overhead
branches make a canopy over your head. You see a snook across the narrow
creek. What cast will you use to reach him ?
1.) Bow-&-Arrow cast.
2.)
Low horizontal roll cast.
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3:15 - 4:00 PROBLEM
SET V. CURVE
CASTS & HOOK CASTS GH CASTS. JV
NARRATES
STUDENTS CAST
A. You see a fish behind a big 3' high rock 20' out in the lake.
No current. No wind. How do you present to him
?
#.
Decelerating ("negative") curve cast.
B.
Another fish is feeding behind the trunk of a tree growing on a tiny island in
the lake to your line hand side. How do you reach him
?
#. Accelerating (Powered) curve cast with fly to your line hand
side.
C. Same situation, but the tree on the little island is to your casting hand
side. What, now ?
# Accelerating (powered) curve cast with fly to your casting hand
side.
D. You are in a flats skiff. Four tarpon are slowly swimming away from you
at 40' distance. Your best approach ?
1.
Distance curve cast, rod tip in water, retrieve.
2.
Corkscrew curve cast.
E. Fish are feeding on minnows against the mangrove shoreline. You
are casting from your flats skiff. What are your options
?
1.
Cast directly to shore and retrieve.
2. Long hook cast, rod tip in water, retrieve fly along the
shoreline.
F. You are fishing a weighted fly for bonefish. The water is only
15" deep. Three fish are approaching slowly at about 50'. They are
spooky. How do you present to them without making a King Kong splash which
will send them off in a heartbeat ?
# Upward curving power snap to yield a vertical curve
cast.
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4:00 - 4:30 PROBLEM SET
VI. WIND
JV CASTS GH
NARRATES STUDENTS
CAST
A. You have a 20 MPH wind blowing directly at you. There is a permit
at 50' from you. How do you reach him ?
1.)
What is the problem ?
2.) Standard into the wind cast.
a. Trajectory
b.
Loop size
c.
Line speed.
2.) Elliptical (Belgian) cast.
B. Now you have a 20 MPH wind from behind. What do you do differently
?
C.
You have a strong wind off your line hand side. You need to reach a
feeding area 65' out from you.
1.)
State the problem.
2.)
What do you do about it ?
D. There is a 5 knot wind blowing onto your casting arm side. You need to
reach an area 50' out.
1.) State the problem.
2.)
What do you do ?
E.
Now the wind has increased to 20 knots, still blowing onto your rod hand
side. What now ?
1.) Back cast over casting arm shoulder, forward cast over opposite
shoulder.
2.)
For short distance, cast with opposite hand.
3.) Cast directly overhead. Let wind blow your forward cast over your
opposite shoulder.
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4:30 - 4:40 PROBLEM SET
VII. SALT WATER
CASTS GH
CASTS JV NARRATES STUDENTS
CAST
A. A tarpon is rapidly approaching you as you stand ready to cast on
the foredeck of a flats skiff. He's only 50' away and coming fast.
What do you do ?
1.) Freeze. You blew it.
2.) Salt water, "Quick cast".
B. You are on the foredeck of a flats skiff. Your guide points out a
fast moving cobia 40' away on your casting arm side. He doesn't have time
to turn the skiff. What do you do ?
# Quick back cast presentation.
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4:40 - 5:00 Questions / answers.
Student critique. GH & JV TAKE TURNS
ANSWERING QUESTIONS
5:00 Closure. GH & JV
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