Hauls 6

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[GH] Bruce Richards sends his answer to Steve Smith's question question,

"Gordy it seems to me that I have read somewhere that hauling can help you tighten your loop.It seems to me that when I haul I can tighten my loop but I'm not sure as to why this might be the case.Do you have an option on that?"

Gordy,

The answer can be either less CA,* the same, or more. Most of the energy of a haul goes directly into line speed, not much of it goes to increasing rod bend. (especially if the line is clean and slick) Yes, as line speed increases it will apply more resistance to the rod and increase bend slightly, but not much.

If a caster wants to increase line control and tighten loops I instruct to add a nice smooth haul, reduce force on the rod, and decrease the casting arc a bit. I want the same line speed, but with a tighter loop, the best way to get that is by adding a haul and narrowing the casting arc. Now, that assumes that the line speed stays the same. We add a bit of speed with the haul, subtract a bit with the rod hand. Most of the energy of the haul goes directly to line speed, not rod bend, so the casting arc must be narrowed.

Of course, that's a specific situation and maybe not that common (except with my students).

The second scenario would be if a caster added a haul and didn't change how much force was applied with the rod hand. In that case, the haul will increase rod bend slightly, the rod hand isn't countering that addition, so the CA must be increased a bit.

The last scenario is most common, add a haul, increase force with the rod hand, rod bend is increased by both and a more significant increase in CA is required.

As usual, there isn't one clean answer. The key is that hauling increases line speed without a comparable increase in rod bend.

Bruce

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[GH] * CA = Casting arc

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>From Paul Arden:

Hi Gordy,

Hope you are well, my friend.

For two casts with the same line speed the hauled cast results in a tighter loop because there was less force used in the rod hand and therefore less resultant counterflex. Lasse has video of this.

One other thing, hauling helps straighten the tip path as the rod unloads. Grunde has video of this, not sure he's a member however.

I think those are two important pieces of info that have been missing so far.

Cheers, Paul

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Paul,

Makes sense to me.

Grunde is a member. Perhaps he will see this.

Since the haul primarily increases line speed, to have those two casts with the same line speed, the caster would have to back off on the rod hand force. I didn't know, however that this would result in less counterflex.

I've wondered if the haul could actually help straighten the tip path as the rod unloads..... Never thought to relate it to an effect on counterflex.

Love to see those videos. I'd like to learn more about this.

Gordy

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>From Ally Gowans. (Note his attachment):

Hi Gordy,

After reading Bruce’s contribution which is entirely in agreement with my thoughts on hauling I quickly put together the attached file from some of my course material for beginners which although simplistic may help some to appreciate how pulling line makes it go faster and how precise timing is required for best results. There are three sketches included because the original material is animated.

Apologies for the quality of the reproduction!

Best regards,

Ally Gowans

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