Randy...
Fly size, line aberrations, etc. I consider as internal. Weather, climate and conditions outside the caster and his equipement are what I look at as, "external".
Gordy
From: "Randy Olson" <bigfly@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Gordon Hill" <hillshead@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Line carried / distance
Date: Sun, 05 Feb 2006 10:33:02 -0500
Gordy,
I haven't been able to cast since my wreck in September so can't test out your questions. My broken elbow and other injuries are getting better for the most part, but I have pretty bad vertigo affecting my balance and my arms go numb when I look down. Anyway....
A couple of external factors would be the darkness in color of the surface you are casting on married with the amount of sunshine to create rising thermals to carry the line farther
Humidity, altitude
I don't think you mean things like fly size, head length, running line diameter, etc as "external" factors do you?
If you were to put these hundreds of emails in book form, you would have Ernies 1700 pages beat by a mile.
-Randy
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Subject: Line carried / distance
Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2006 14:18:04 -0500
Group....
Questions to ponder:
1.) You are a good caster, and can easily make the 85' target using a 7 wt. rod and a WF7F line. It's a nice day, with no wind at all.
How far are you likely to be able to cast when you purposely carry 50' of line out of the rod tip before making your presentation cast. ?
2.) Now you are limiting yourself to carrying only 30' of line. How far are you likely to be able to cast, now ?
3.) What simple formula would you use to come up with the approximate length of flyline that you can shoot relative to the amount of line carried while false casting ? (The approximate length of the shoot.)
4.) What external factors would change this ratio ?
Gordy