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Walter & Group...
[GH] From Tim Lawson :
Gordy,
Interesting! We always tell our students that the line only goes where the rod tip goes. Aitor's demo would tend to dispute that assertion. We're back to my favorite two word sentence: "It depends".
Tim
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[GH] Tim,
"it depends".
I credit that brief sentence to Dennis Grant. It never ceases to amaze me how often it applies to fly casting !
When I make a curve cast with a rapid wrist twist (as described by Ed Jaworowski and Lefty Kreh) I find that I must have my rod in at least a slightly off-vertical plane so that my rod tip travels in the direction I want my fly to go. I can't do it if the rod is maintained in a strictly vertical plane as I make the twist. Both authors include pictures/photo's with these casts made with the rod slightly off vertical. Lefty's photos show the rod tilted to the right as he casts with his right hand with fly traveling to the left and tilted overhead so that the rod tip is over his left shoulder as he places the curve to the right. This allows the wrist twist to make the rod tip go in the direction the fly is aimed. * **
Lefty doesn't mention nor does he show the use of "pull-back". He states that, "The key to making any curve cast (sidearm or vertical) is that the rod tip must travel parallel to the water during the speed-up-and-stop."
He makes the point that you must face the target for curve cast accuracy, and recommends stopping the rod at a 45 degree angle to the target. **
* THE CAST, By Ed Jaworowski, 1992, p. 137.
** CASTING WITH LEFTY KREH, By Lefty Kreh, 2008. pp, 309, 313-320
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