ol Al....
Re: The legs of a fly line loop being called, THE FLY LEG and THE ROD LEG.......
Yes. I prefer those terms to, "top leg" and, "bottom leg" which assume a vertical rod plane. (Where, for example, is the "top" leg when casting with the rod parallel to the ground ?)
Note that some of the physicists use the terms, "traveling leg" and, "stationary leg". These definitions suffer from being locked to the assumption that no line is being shot, in which instance the term, "stationary" becomes a misnomer.
Mac Brown (CASTING ANGLES, P. 88) refers to the legs of a loop as, "The end line" and "The main line". I preferred not to use this terminology because of the term, "main"....since at the start of the cast that limb of the loop is much smaller than the other (fly leg).......one interpretation of the word, "main" being, "greatest".
A bit of flycasting wordsmithing !
Gordy
From: "Allen Crise" <flysoup@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: "" <flysoup@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: hillshead@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: FW: Some terms used in the U.S.
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 21:59:42 -0600
Howdy Gordy;
You did use these and we kind of invented them about 2 years agoRod Leg: The line between the loop and the rod tip. (Some times call the bottom leg)
Fly Leg: The line between the fly and the loop. (Sometimes call the top leg)
ol Al