Jerry....
One trick when casting shooting heads which works for me, is to false cast with no more overhang than you can handle well. Then on your last back cast, shoot line to gain a lot more overhang as you back drift. Then make your presentation cast.
Perhaps some of the others in the Group will offer tricks for rigging shooting heads and casting them.
Gordy
From: jerry puckett <jerry_puckett2001@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Gordon Hill <hillshead@xxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: Shooting Heads
Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 17:33:02 -0700 (PDT)
Thanks Gordy, I will get two set-ups as you describe and start learning more about casting and shooting heads. Jerry
Gordon Hill <hillshead@xxxxxxx> wrote:Jerry....I don't use shooting heads for much of my teaching....only when teaching specifically the use of these heads. In that event, I use a 30' head of grain wt. to match the grain wt. capability of the rod, and a shooting/running line behind it. This can be a low diameter shooting fly line.For fishing, I'll use a 40' - 45' head matched to the rod (grain wt.). The longer head gives me more distance. If I'm using a sinking head and want to get way down, I'll use a shooting/running line of Cortland Cobra 20# flat mono. The longer head takes longer for the loop to unroll....so I can get greater distance with it.Several years ago, I used this arrangement to land a world record Pacific Big Eye Tuna in Costa Rica on 12 lb.tippet. (That record stood for a few years.....and then was broken).Gordy
From: jerry puckett <jerry_puckett2001@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Gordon Hill <hillshead@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Shooting Heads
Date: Mon, 8 May 2006 22:43:21 -0700 (PDT)
Gordy, What set-up, running line and shooting head do you recommend for teaching?