Alan....
Be careful how you interpret this.
We experimented with the laser pointer a couple of years ago.
Remember that the distance from the casting hand to the laser, "red dot" on the wall is NOT the same as the length of a fly rod from handle to tip top. The latter is a fixed length, the former a function of the distance from the hand held light to the surface upon which it falls.
Another significant variable, is that the fly rod bends in proportion to load applied while the laser beam remains absolutely straight. It couldn't react to a load, anyway.
With the laser beam projected upon a straight ceiling, a straight line path of the hand holding the light will yield a straight line path of the "red dot"........SO WILL AN ERRATIC PATH OF THE HAND....since the path of the "dot" is determined by the plane of the ceiling.
A straight line path of the hand holding the laser pointer will yield a straight line path of the "dot" on a vertical wall YET WITH THE TIP OF A BENT FLY ROD THIS IS NOT THE CASE since in order to have a straight line path of the rod tip, the casting hand has to assume a path of motion which will accomodate the rod bend.
The instructor can use the laser pointer, however, in the classroom to demonstrate various rod tip paths, ( straight, convex, concave, erratic, etc.). Used in this manner, it can be an effective teaching tool.
Gordy
Gordy
From: "Allen Crise" <flysoup@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "gordon Hill" <hillshead@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Try this
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 16:17:27 -0600
Howdy Gordy & WalterThere is a very good exercise in "Smart Cast" By Dave Lambert (PAGE 88-91) that is done with a Laser pointer.Tracing the ceiling to top of wall.Trial of new scanner to e-mailLet me know if this works.ol AlAllen Crise FFF Master Casting InstructorSOC VP of EducationHawk Ridge Flycasting School2508 A County Road 1011Glen Rose, TX 76043254-897-2045geocities.com/rrdoctorflysoup@xxxxxxxxxx
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