Fannie Krieger's "TOMORROW" / TLT casting /

This from Fannie Krieger (As most of you know, Fannie is the late Mel Krieger's widow)

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?I plan to share this DVD with my husband, his nephew and my brother (all of whom are experienced fly fishers), with my twelve year old neighbor who recently took up fly fishing and with my young niece and nephew who have already told me that they ?want to know how to do it?.

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Judith Austin Brown

President International Women Fly Fishers

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Just as importantly it provides young people with a fun introduction to what fly fishing is all about in a relaxed manner. An excellent teaching aid.?

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Federation of Fly Fishers

If you have any young people in your life, or know anyone in the sport that does ? this video needs to be part of their collection ? it?s fun, it?s informative and it can ordered at: http://fannykrieger.com

Tight Lines

Fanny Krieger

790 27^th Avenue

San Francisco, CA 94121

Tel. 415-752-0192

http://fannykrieger.com

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"TLT" CASTING

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Since Mark and you are pointed out the straight path of the rod tip toward the last stop of during the presentation cast, I would like to mention about TLT cast, "Tecnica di Lancio Totale" - Total Casting Technique

Roberto Pragliola in

Italy

has elaborated this casting. You can see his casting in youtube even it is not a good quality.

Hold a rod next to a reel and move it in the straight line toward the last stop so that you can move your rod tip in the straight line and turn it in a quick ark movement at the end of stroke.

When you use a long leader not to spook fish, this casting technique enables you to turn your long leader nicely even in the heavy wind. It is also good to use when you have more than two flies. I don?t believe that you should use wide loop to cast heavy flies. You need to cast them with more force by using tight loop. To avoid collision, you can locate the loop at the side instead of above your rod tip. Or use oval cast with hauling without creating the loop. When you use the wide loop, you lose the tension of the line and difficult to cast your fly where you want to accurately.

Comment: As with any novel form of casting, this has engendered interest as well as controversy over the years. All Masters should have this background information.

Note the position of the hand almost over the reel, the movement of the hand and arm and the off-horizontal casting plane. In the last video, also note that the caster finishes in a manner similar to the Lefty Kreh Wind cast (Called the "Thrust cast" by Borger).

You might wish to check out additional information on TLT casting in Jason Borger's, THE NATURE OF FLY CASTING, pp. 49 and 145.

Misako's use of this form of casting takes advantage of loop plane control to avoid a collision when using a tight loop to cast heavy flies. I sometimes use this when casting weighted flies in the salt especially when I need to keep my rod plane more horisontal so as not to spook super wary fish such as permit. Go back and read his last paragraph again to help make this clear. Another "Variable" !