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Hi, Group....
Peter Minnick answered with a trick for teaching to "cure" a
creep. (I, accidentally erased his message.)
Have the "creeper" do it on purpose while the FORWARD loop is
unrolling. He can see what's happening. I point out what his hand is
doing, what the rod does, and it's effect on the line.
Then have him exaggerate it to emphasize the fact that it shortens the next
available back stroke. I, then, have the caster diminish it and, finally,
eliminate it. Only then do I have him correct it as the back cast loop
unrolls.
I only use this method for those who just, "don't get it" with simpler
means of correction, or (especially) for those who have responded to simpler
methods, but sneak back into creeping repeatedly without realizing it. (An
exasperating form of recidivism !)
As I've pointed out previously, the creep can occur as motion of the rod in
the direction opposite that of a still unrolling loop on EITHER the forward cast
or the back cast. It's not as common to creep opposite an unrolling
forward loop, because the caster can see it unroll......but it happens, and is
often missed completely by the instructor. I've noted that it is most
likely to occur when the caster is attempting to gain maximum distance.
This is exactly when he needs maximum tip travel for the back cast, so it's a
self defeating fault.
Paradoxically, I see it most often with advanced casters.....especially
with MCI candidates. I'm guilty of doing this once in a while.
That's how I got into studying this in the first place !
A tail usually doesn't occur despite this, "reverse creep" for the same
reason it rarely occurs on the back cast in general.......it's more difficult
for the caster to make enough of a spike of power during the start or mid back
stroke to make the rod tip dip and return, so not much if any concavity of the
rod tip appears.
Gordy
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