Mulson wind cast

Line placement: (CRITICAL) The line is aimed to strike the water close to the angler as early as possible.

Joe's description: "The Mulson Cast is essentially a narrow loop cast where the lower leg of the loop is immediatel placed on the water where it helps anchor your line for a more accurate delivery. Continuing to drop the rod tip after the rotational stop does this. It is not designed as a distance cast, but rather as a fast short cast that is hightly wind resistant. Average distances for these casts range from 60 to 70 feet."

"THE CRITICAL PART OF THIS CAST IS GETTING THE LOWER LINE OF THE LOOP ON THE WATER AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. With this highly accurate cast, the turnover of the fly is above the water's surface and stabilized by the line anchored on the water and little affected by the wind. Of course the upper line in the loop is quite high resulting in a wide pointed loop. Most casters would say a wide loop is a very bad thing to have when casting into the wind."

He goes on: "Remember, the bottom line has been laid down on the water, stationary but out of the wind. The top line is straight and moving at a good speed toward the target on the water in an open V shape". " The upper line is continually regenerating the loop, which is straight and moving forward fast." "The loop is under tension and therefore the wind effect is lessened. This results in a large loop that is shaped somewhat like a ships prow."

Further: "A very critical part of this cast is generating line speed. This is best accomplished by getting the rod to load deep into the butt section, along with a strong haul during the rod rotation at the end of the stroke."

Mac....the pictures they sent me are in the article....and say a lot. Frankly, I couldn't do this cast at all until Joe demonstrated it to me. I strongly suggest that you get Joe or Dan McCrimmon to send you a reprint of their article. Or to have them tell you in which journal it appeared and the date. (I forgot)

Joseph F. Mulson 502 Lakeshore Drive, Maitland, FL 32751.....(407) 834-2932...oneflycast@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Dan McCrimmon # 804-1270 Nicola St. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6G 2E9 ( 604) 602-0344, danmcc@xxxxxxxxxxxx