Walter & Group....
Hi Guys!
New guy on the block here!
I'm Phil Gay! I'm a Master certified
instructor as is Ol Al. I'm also on the Board of Governors of the Casting
Certification program. I asked Al if I could be included in your
discussions.
If I understand Al's question correctly we are
dealing with sweep or a curved path of the rod tip front to back or vice
versa. It is easily detectable by standing directly in front/behind the
caster. To the caster the error is manifested by the top part of the loop
layed over to the side of the bottom part. Loops out of parallel.
The loops should reflect the angle that the rod is off the vertical.
eg. If casting in the vertical the top leg of the loop will be directly
above the bottom. If casting at 45 degrees from the vertical the top leg
of the loop will be 45 degrees offset from the bottom. etc.
I demo this by casting directly at my
students in the vertical and point out proper parallel loop configuration.
Then I start sweeping or casting out of plane and ask the students to note that
the top loop is layed completely over to the side. This of course kills
your accuracy.
I encourage my students to always lead the rod back
with the back of the thumb regardless of what angle they are carrying the rod
off the vertical.(This only applies to the thumb on top grip of course.)
Just my thoughts!
Keep up the great work and I will chime in when I
think I have something to contribute. Thanks for including me in your
discussions.
Sincerely,
Phil Gay
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Phil...
Good teaching points, here.
As you can see, ol Al and I both have Study Groups and we sometimes share
good information.
By all means, we value your input any time you see fit to jump in.
Gordy