From: "Tom White" <tomw1483@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "'Gordon Hill'" <hillshead@xxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: CCI Examination tips
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 17:38:30 -0400
Gordie;
Great point.
Also the worst demonstration of the tailing loop is the snap stop at about 1:00 ? where the rod actually bounces back after the stop. Sends cold chills up my neck. .
We need to add all these suggestions into one of your mailers.
Another point on trajectory;
You mentioned with a high back cast you are more likely to tail ? and I fully agree.
The point I was making is most candidates can?t hold a high back cast, they tend to allow the back cast to fall too low on each false cast getting progressively lower ? resulting in a crossed loop.
I like Lefty?s style, if we could get the students to lay the rod back where it is required, we would have an easier task in teaching.
I will add your good points to my listing.
Yes, at the workshops we have to go over the steps BEFORE the first task is performed.
Too many candidates ? and anglers on my deck ? have poor fundamentals. SLACK!!!
Tom
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From: Gordon Hill [mailto:hillshead@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2005 2:19 PM
To: tomw1483@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: CCI Examination tips
Tom....
As I think, further, on this......I'm surprised that you didn't mention one fault which appears often......that of the candidate making a tailing loop on command by shoving the rod tip up into the oncoming line. We've discussed many times that since that is NOT the way his students will do it, that this method should not be accepted.
Gordy
From: "Tom White" <tomw1483@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "'Gordon Hill'" <hillshead@xxxxxxx>
Subject: CCI Examination tips
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 16:55:59 -0400Gordie;
I am working on some common problems that CCI candidates have while taking the casting examination.
I only have Tasks; 1-7 finished.
Could you review them for me?
If they are useful you can pass them on to the CCI group.
I will be working on tasks 8-24 next week.
Tom
Tom White MCCI
CCI Casting/Oral performance examination from the Examiners perspective.
I have made comments on the less obvious skills/faults that the examiner may be looking for on each performance.
Remember, when you are introduced to your examiner(s) you are being observed.
Getting your fly line out initially!!! Be under control with each cast when you are extending line in preparation for each task.
I have heard more examiners comment that they can determine the proficiency of the caster BEFORE they perform their first cast.
* If you exhibit poor fundamentals, you will pass them on to your students.
EXAMPLE: You have just demonstrated a pile cast. The line has lot?s of slack in it. Now you are preparing your line for the next task which is happens to be false casting at three different speeds. If you pick up the pile cast with your rod tip high and have to false cast several time just to get in control ? because you had to overcome all the slack to start with ? this is not what we want from a candidate or future CCI.
REMOVE ALL THE SLACK, WHILE POINTING YOUR ROD TIP TOWARD THE FLY LINE, LOWER YOUR ROD and then start your back cast. GOOD HABITS.
Always start with your rod tip low and SLACK out of your line.
Another commonfault we find is ?Holding Trajectory?.
Example; If you have a target at 20?, the angle of trajectory is high back, low front. As the target moves further out, the trajectory becomes more toward horizontal, but still higher in the back and lower in the front.
Lot?s of candidates have a tendency to allow their back cast to fall down too low, causing a high front cast while they are false casting. Then when they try to make a cast in a horizontal plane or worse yet, down toward a target, they have a tailing loop on their front cast ? which is actually a crossing loop.
Your hand must move in the direction of the trajectory during the cast.
Here is a thought to carry with you. If you are making a forward presentation ? final cast ? MAKE THE LAST BACK CAST YOUR BEST CAST! Even when casting to targets.
Task #1 Demonstrate a minimum of six casts with controlled narrow loops on both the forward and back cast at 35 - 40'
· The demonstration will be done with one hand only. 2) The cast will show good symmetry of front and back loops with loops approximately 2 feet wide. 3) There are to be no tailing loops, front or back. 4) The cast will be done slowly enough to allow the observer a good view of the cast.
· Line and loop control are very important, both on your front and BACK casts. You may be in wind conditions so make sure you compensate for wind direction.
· IF you choose the ?Doming? method of explaining wider loops, don?t let your line droop on the ground on either the front or back casts.
· The other method of making a loop wider/narrower is; The angle you stop BELOW the SLP at the end of the casting stroke.
Task #2 Demonstrate very wide loops on the forward cast on command
· This task requires the caster to produce a very wide loop which easily exceeds four feet wide. 2) The demonstration will be done with one hand only.
Task #3 Demonstrate tailing loops on the forward cast on command
· The caster is informed on which cast the tailing is to occur, saying for example, ". . . after two good loops I want you to follow with a tail on the third. 2) The cast should be made with one hand only. 3) The cast should be made slowly and the tail of the loop should drop down and cross the line far enough to be easily seen.
· You should be able to demonstrate a tailing loop AND continue false casting afterwards. Don?t make a tailing loop and stop the cast.
· A good exercise I use is; While false casting continuously, make two narrow, two wide, two tailing, two wide, two narrow etc. NEVER stopping the false casting.
· THEN for advanced casters try this; Wide front loop, narrow back, tail on front, wide back, narrow front etc. Never stopping the false casting.
Task #4 Reach cast left at 35-40' Before you make these reach casts UNDERSTAND why you are doing them and which way the water is flowing. The key Phrase that will help you is to allow for a ?drag free drift?.
· At the end of the cast the line from the rod tip to the fly should be straight and the rod itself should be almost parallel to the flow of the water. 2) The candidate should be able to slip line or not slip line during the cast if requested to do so.
Task #5 Reach cast right at 35 - 40'
· Same as above
Task #6 Side arm cast at 35-40' (at an angle of 45 degrees from the vertical or greater)
· The rod is to be tilted approximately 45 degrees.
· There should be no tailing loops after the initial pick up.
· The loops, front and back, should be approximately three feet or less.
· The main point we are looking for is; AS you lower your rod from vertical toward horizontal you MUST increase line speed.
· As you increase line speed, there is a tendency to tail your loops either on the front or back casts.
· Some candidates have a tendency to rotate their hand during this exercise which causes the loop to kick out at the end.
Task #7 Pile cast at 35-40' or greater (high trajectory forward cast, with slack line presentation)· The cast needs have high forward trajectory with slack line presentation. 2) "Make it higher" is the only prompt to be given.
· One of the key points we look for is if a candidate can determine trajectories. With this cast you must allow the back cast to fall below horizontal and make a high front cast.
· Be careful not to throw tailing loops ? or in this case a cross trajectory loop on your front cast. Make sure your hand follows the trajectory during the casting stroke.
Capt. Tom White
PO Box 500085
Marathon, Fl. 33050305-743-0055
Cell: 305-304-8540
tomwhite@xxxxxxxxxxxx www.tomwhite.com
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