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Walter & Group...
For Master candidates to get to a level of casting which will make it likely that they will pass the performance part of the MCI test, there is nothing which will take the place of PRACTICE.
Here are a few questions to start the ball rolling for our discussion on this topic :-
1. What (if anything) do YOU do to be ready to practice when the opportunity to do so arises?
2. Many books have been written about learning fly casting. Precious few of them include details on effective ways of PRACTICE. One book, published in the U.S.A. in 2009, has 241 pages, 105 of them devoted to practice.
Can you tell us its name and author?
3. Do you think there are some folks to whom fly casting comes so easily and "naturally" that they can be considered "born casters" who need little practice to become experts?
4. What do some fly casting instructors do to be as effective as possible in getting their students to actually go out and practice after teaching sessions?
5. Your intermediate student asks you how long her practice sessions should be after after she returns home following your class. What do you tell her?
6. Would you recommend the same periods of time for practice for a Master candidate to prepare for his/her exam?
7. In general, which of the tasks listed on the Master Performance test would you recommend spending the most time practicing ?
8. Why?
9. "There is practice which yields lasting results slowly if ever, and practice which is highly and more rapidly productive."
" HOW you practice is more important than how often or how long you practice"
What is meant by those statements ?
10. When practicing distance casting, do you actually measure your achieved distances ?
11. If you answered, YES to 10., tell us how you do that.
12. Should you, as a Master candidate, avoid practice when it is windy?
13. Some candidates go out and practice in the rain or when it is snowing. Is this foolishness?
14. Do you see any advantage in sometimes practicing with a casting buddy?
15. You have practiced your distance casts to the point that you can make the 85' distance 9 out of 10 times. Are you satisfied with that?.. or is there more you can accomplish as you practice that task?
16. If you answered YES to 15., tell us some of the things you would try to accomplish to help perfect your distance casts.
17. Do you practice your roll casts on water? On grass? Both?
18. Why?
19. Do you know any practice tricks to help you learn to make small loops when roll casting?
20. Do you practice making faulty casts?
21. Do you ever use pantomime when you practice?
22. Do you ever use a short "yarn rod" to practice indoors?
23. Do you practice using different casting styles?
24. Why?
25. When, if ever, would you "go back to basics" during your practice sessions?
Gordy
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