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Walter & Group...
[GH] Dennis comments on what we have considered so far. I think it is particularly important that our Master candidates read this message carefully ..... and save it for future reference.
Note his last sentence.
We've still got to get this caster going in the right direction. Then we'll be anxious to see the actual results. No conjuring or guessing .... this is a real World experience
Dennis is not going to cut it off here !
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Hi All
Excellent answers. I appreciate the time and thought that all of you have invested to this point.
There are no wrong answers, and there should be various and different approaches to instructing. When you are taking the MCI test your answer is important, it may be different than the examiner's approach, but if it is well thought out and logical then it deserves accreditation.
Let's examine what we know about this person and develop a plan.
First the caster came to me with some 'baggage' (in the preamble) "The student came to me stating he had a few years of experience fly fishing for trout, but was self taught, and wanted a 2 hour 'tune up'. " Also, and important to recognize as an instructor, he knows he has a problem or he wouldn't have come !!
BUT ! He has already developed 'muscle memory' (albeit poor) and in 2 hours we need to get him to 'feel' what a good cast feels like, if it's only a few times. "Absolutely everything that you conceive of with your brain is expressed as muscular motion."
We could take him off the pond and beat the crap out of him and start him off as a 'new caster' or we can begin to improve his casting by making small changes that he may more readily accept. The latter is the type of approach that I like to get from an MCI candidate that I am examining.
With a simple first exercise of line 'organization' (Ally), by removing the slack from behind the finger and a low rod tip we are giving the student an exercise that does not involve the actual cast of the line. As an instructor we have control and can regulate the timing and frequency of the instruction. Forget the wrist for now and let us get the student started with an easy exercise where HE can 'feel' results. One exercise over and over until he does it every time !!
We, as instructors, need 2 things to happen here. 1. We want the student to break an old habit (change the muscle memory) and 2. We want the student to have confidence in us and in our instruction. BOTH are necessary to progress.
Ok ! He's got the control bit, now what ?
Dennis
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