Walter....
This was Jim Penrod's question about Paul Arden's comment on "pushing" and "pulling".
Gordy
From: t.maltese@xxxxxxxxx
To: hillshead@xxxxxxx
Subject: pulling/pushing
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 13:17:20 +0000
Good morning, Gordy,
I have now caught up on my e-mail. I really wish that I could have made
Livingstone. It sounds as though your hand has made a good recovery. I caught
you note about your fishing day when you broke your hand. What a bad end to
such a good day!
I ran across something in Paul Arden's games (now I can't find it at the
moment) but he had two exercises that involved pulling the rod. One was with
a soft ball (sponge like) tucked in at the bent elbow while doing the casting
stroke and the other was with weights dangling. Both were designed to
help "pull" the rod through the casting stroke. He commented that it gave a
more arrow like shape to the loop and had pictures of a loop from a "puller"
and a "pusher". You have commented that an arrow point loop can be made
otherwise. Are there real advantages to being a puller versus a pusher? It
seems that this is really a style as one has to have some push at the end of
the stroke. However, I remember Mel giving a dmeonstration of pulling and
George Roberts emphasizes pulling through the stroke also. Kirk Eberhard
tells me that he is a "pusher". Your experience and comments would be
appreciated. (I watch George Roberts so effortlessly throw 70 and 80 feet of
line with no haul and such beautiful loops. His stops in real time are almost
imperceptible but must be extremely sharp).
Jim