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Walter....
With regard
to our paper.....I LIKE IT !
some
thoughts :
Wherever the
term "stroke" appears, we might consider substituting the term, "cast".... only
because there has been so much controversy of late over the definition for
CASTING STROKE.
The first
paragraph under THE PHYSICS OF ROD UNLOADING:
Rather than
ending the sentence with the preposition, "with", Why not re state it
as: " While there are exceptions to almost every rule, especially when it
comes to getting a fly to move from one location to another, the vast majority
of fly casting centers around the basic cast and this is the area with which we
are concerned. " ?
After
paragraph 6, I wonder if we should have a simple statement about inertia
..... like, "Bodies at rest tend to remain at rest & bodies in motion tend
to remain in motion" ?
I suggest
that we might add a reference in light of the comments about natural rod
frequency as:
# THE
TECHNOLOGY OF FLY RODS, by Don Phillips, 2000, pp 85-88, ISBN :
1-37188-100.5
Also, I
wonder if we should have a brief paragraph on the concept that a "hard stop" is
really the quickest one which can be made by the human caster
in contrast to the "brick wall stop" made by having the rod butt section strike
an unyielding object. The latter would be the most rapid stop
possible. This would result in unwanted rod vibrations which when
translated to the line will yield dissipation of energy apart from that which
propels the fly line loop to the target thus ruining the layout and distance
achievement.
Under
Appendix A.1, the third paragraph, last sentence: "When I get to my
desired speed or velocity (say 100mph) I again let up on the gas until the
acceleration becomes zero and now I will coast along at the new speed
indefinitely."
Instead or in
addition to the word "indefinitely" perhaps we should add something like, "until
slowed by air resistance and other frictional events".
Best,
Gordy
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