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Walter & Group...
Bob Stouffer sends his answers and drawings:
LET'S SEE HOW SOME OF YOU WOULD DRAW THE TAILING LOOP :
1. A TENDENCY TO TAIL (AN "ALMOST" TAIL).
see sketch "tendency to tail"
2. A COMPLETED TAILING LOOP.
see sketch "tailing loop"
3. Can you come up with a definition for a TAILING LOOP?
concavity in fly leg crossing rod leg
4. Are all tailing loops the same?
yes. they may not look the same, but the cause is the same
5. Are tailing loops ever done intentionally?
yes.
6. If your answer to 5. was "yes", tell us for what fishing purpose.
to force the fly down to the water while the excess line lands in a mend
see sketch "result of non tangling tail"
Greetings. My answer to how to make the tailing loop mend was incomplete.
Over-accelerate at the beginning of the casting stroke and pull the rod-leg out of plane by floating the rod past the center of the body, ending the cast with a high horizontal pointing motion. This pulling of the rod-leg keeps the tangle from occurring by getting it out of the way.
Bob Stouffer.
7. Which leg of the loop altered when casting with a concave rod tip path?
the fly leg
8. How do you think that loop leg is altered?
concave path of the rod tip prior to loop formation
Bob Stouffer
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