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Walter & Group...
[GH] Gary Davison sends us a most intriguing set of answers to our quiz. He has reduced each answer to a series of brief expressions. Most with single words.
This would be great practice for those of you who are Master Candidates, since on an oral exam it is best to be as brief as possible with many answers; yet ready to expand if called upon to do so.
>From Gary:
Gordy
I went through your quiz and tried to provide only short answers with no long answers.
Was interesting and challenging to me, see what you think and let me know your thoughts.
Gary
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VIS-QUIZ
1. As you explain and demonstrate a task, list some of the ways that you effectively lead your student(s) to learn as they observe.
Demo
Verbalize
Consistant
Expressive
Demonstrative
Innovative
(Example: Your explanation must match your visible demonstration.)
2. Sometimes we want the student to concentrate on what he sees the ROD do as we demonstrate. How do you do that ?
Line-less
Colored
Tempo
Demonstrative
Explain
Analyze
Cause
Effect
Essentials
3. Do you use rods designed or modified for teaching to help emphasize this?
Yes
4. At other times, we want the student to concentrate on what he sees the LINE do. How do you do that ?
Demo
Color
Tempo
Consistant
Explain
Analyze
Cause
Effect
Essentials
5. Do you ever use special lines which make it easier for the student to see ?
Yes
6. How do you have your student learn from what he sees your BODY (arms, hands, body motion) do as you demonstrate tasks ?
Accent
Color
Motion
Exaggerate
Tempo
Consistant
Analyze
Cause
Effect
Essentials
Grips
Limitations
Style
Tackle
Conditions
7. What is your method of observing your student's casting to determine whether there is good TRACKING (side to side reasonably parallel loop legs.)
Position
Angles
Front
Back
8. Do you have any tricks to share on enhancing visual teaching effects in the classroom ?
Micro Rod
Rod
Video's
White board
Rod Tip
Ceiling
Wall
Shelf
Obstacles
9. What are some potential visual problems when you are out on a bright sunny day hosting a casting workshop on a field at 9:00 AM during a Conclave (Fair)?
Public
Glare
Location
Distractions
Backgrounds
Distance
Angles
Positioning
10. What (if anything) do you teach your students about what and how the trout sees?
Everything
Read
Presentation
Borger
Stealth
Spooky
Wild
Predator
Low
Minimize
Optimize
Blend
Efficiency
Quite
11. Do you ever have the student visualize what he cannot see as he presents a fly ? (Hint: Teaching to hover during accuracy casting, etc.)
Drag
Lining
Disturbances
Currents
Lanes
Mends
12. Do you ever use video feedback technique to show your student what he's doing?
Upon Request
Isolation
Extreme cases
13. Do you ever use a mirror to help teach fly casting?
No
14. One word description of a fly line loop is: "The shape of the fly line as it passes the rod tip". This may be meaningless to a new flycasting student. Do you have a visual way of demonstrating to this student a fly line loop?
Crayon
Cast
Horizontal
Vertical
U-shape
V-shape
Mouse-Snout
Wide
Narrow
Open
Tail
Underslung
15. Briefly list some important considerations which help students see and understand different loop sizes as you demonstrate them. (Task 1 on the MCI exam.)
Tip Path
Stop position
Power
Wristing
16. We sometimes reinforce our learning with the use of pantomime. Is this mostly learning by SEEING? or is it mainly learning by FEEL?
Both
17. Do you ever use the timing for the student's forward cast to help him time the back cast?
Depends ;o)
18. Do you sometimes teach your students to watch their back casts?
Yes
19. If you answered YES to #18, tell us how you do that.
Stance
Timing
Agility
Style
20. Do you ever use a visual method to teach the relationship between ROD BEND and CASTING ARC for your advanced students?
No
21. If you answered YES to # 20, briefly tell us how you do that.
22. Can you provide us with a reference from the fly casting literature on the use of visual HAND TARGET LINES and EYE TARGET LINES as one method of presenting a fly accurately to a target?
Gary Borger Presentations
Brief yet constructive with regards to the Target. Many cast are made that require accuracy and many are not straight line cast!
Another book is Casting Angles by Mac Brown. Covers may different casts In his section entitled Enlightenment Casting.
TAKE YOUR TIME AND HAVE FUN ANSWERING THESE QUESTIONS. WE'LL ALL LEARN !!!!
Gordy
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[GH] Gary,
Brilliant !!!!
Great exercise for all MCI candidates.
Gordy
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>From Thomas Berggren:
Hi Gordy,
Just like to add another comment on the video subject that might be helpful or at least thoughtful…
As known! A while ago I came across the video application SloPro. A great tool that I did shared to the group. I was so excited about that thing, that I was missing the one of the “key’s” that I keep telling Instructor and Master candidates…. Goes like this! “Don’t sit back and think you know it all. Keep on search for more knowledge. There is a lot of new good stuff out there that continuously will be presented. Be hungry and keep on learning”
My point is: Six month ago the SloPro was the best I could find.. I was happy of using this and “forgot” to keep on searching.
This technical market is formally exploding with new and better applications. I had a quick check at this Ubersense app that David Lambert dropped for the group and it seems to give even another and better dimension to this video technique. What I’m saying here is. Don’t sit back. Check for new applications sometimes and find out what’s the best helping tool for your teaching. They all works a little bit different and some of them require you to give access to your address books and so on, especially the free ones. Just use the one you feel comfortable with. But remember to check the market from time to time. Things happens fast out there.
My SloPro seems now to be a bit rusty…. Funny ha!
Happy Christmas friends//
Thomas Berggren, Certified Instructor
FFF - Federation Of Fly Fishers, THCI - Two Handed Certified Instructor. MCCI - Master Certified Casting Instructor. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[GH] Great request from Paul Rose:
Any chance we could get a look at some of these "slow time" videos and interpretations from the group. There have been some similar threads other videos with comments and they where quite useful.
Paul
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[GH] Paul,
I wil be away until January, starting tomorrow. Perhaps those who have done these videos will share with us and we can review them together when I return.
Best to provide links to each (doesn't use up so many bytes)
Gordy
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