Haul...comments by Paul

 

Walter & Group....

 

 

Paul Arden's comment about an earlier message which he quotes .  My comment below his text :-

 

 

" have discovered that this move, the double haul, places more stress on the rod than any other cast I know. During the double haul there are a lot of things going on: more power exerted on the rod itself, more line stress, more energy being loaded and unloaded, more physical stress by the caster, etc"

 

Hi Gordy,

I don't think there's any line/rod combination that can't be cast.

Just a comment on the above, I don't believe that the double haul significantly increases rod flex; in fact for a cast of the same line speed there will be less rod loading with the hauled cast since line speed is a summation of tip speed plus haul speed. Besides I think the best distance casters haul as the rod is unloading.

Hope all is well :-))

Cheers,

Paul

 

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Paul.....

 

I agree.  One can increase the bend in the rod and in so doing, load the rod deeper.....but that is not the primary use of the haul.  Its main use, as I see it (and as the broom stick rod demonstrates) is to DIRECTLY increase loop/line speed.  (You can't bend the broom stick...so you can't load it....yet you can increase casting distance by using the haul to increase loop speed.)

 

Good point about distance casters using the max portion of the haul as the rod is unloading.

 

When too much haul is applied too early in the stroke, it can yield an unwanted spike of power resulting in the rod tip dipping down from SLP and then back up again.....a brief concavity in the rod tip path.  Of course, this is one way of producing a tailing loop.

 

I like to think of the concept of the use of the line hand with hauling in doing five things:

 

1.) Decreasing the needed application of force by the rod hand.

 

2.) Directly increasing loop (line) speed.

 

3.) Storing slightly more latent energy in the rod with a slightly greater loading.

 

4.) Taking up unwanted slack for poor casts or calculated slack for some other casts.

 

5.) Check hauling ("triple haul") for various purposed such as helping to straighten out the leader on the presentation cast, "flipping" the leader over into a hole under bushes or mangroves, or maintaining a heavy fly and/or sinking line closer to the surface when followed by an immediate retrieve.

 

Gordy