Walter & Group.........
Aaaah... new term, "Rod Fade"
Thank You...
Ron Allen
Thomas,
FFF Certified Casting Instructor
1715 21st
Street
Lake Charles, Louisiana 70601
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Ron...
Not really a, "new term".
In 1997, Mac Brown wrote his excellent text, CASTING ANGLES. He used this term and defined it as, "Rod fade is a lowering of the rod toward the water, surface, or ground." He goes on to say, "Rod fade aids the caster in developing greater control over the line layout. The accuracy comes about from learning when to stall the line's momentum until the line fades slowly forward over the target area." That and much more on the subject on pp. 42-44 of his text.
As I studied his, "language" I came to use this and other terms from his writing for meaningful descriptions.
One might even think of this concept when in making a single Spey cast the angler dips the rod a bit as he makes a saucer-like curve with the rod tip. That dip prior to formation of the, "back cast D-loop" has been considered fundamental to the placement of the, "anchor". A bit of a stretch, I admit, since the word, "fade" does give one a sense of deceleration. (See TWO HANDED FLY CASTING SPEY CASTING TECHNIQUES by Al Buhr, 2006, p.9 Paragraph II, under, "2. "Lift and Set".) That concept was an epiphany to me , since I always had difficulty with gaining the skill to place that anchor where I knew it was supposed to be.)
Gordy
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From Jason Borger :
Gordy,
Got some recent mailings from your group on rotation/translation.
There are a couple of some interesting "human interface" abstracts on
the subject here: http://www.flycastinginstitute.com/research.html
Also J. Allen (one of the authors) is in the process if publishing a
28-page biomech paper on joint movement during short and long-range
casting (data form the mo-cap system). Once he gets it in a biomech
journal, we'll hopefully be able to put it up on the FCI Research
page, as well. I have a whole series of "short looks" planned on
casting for page, all based on 200fps 3-D capture in a database.
Also, there is paper coming on "the stop" and the contribution of the
rod in the short-range cast (based on work with a friend in Norway,
who has been using 500fps video). We have already published the paper
in Japan and Sweden, hope to have it in the US soon (FF mags here
seem less receptive to "techy" pieces). That is coupled with a
hauling study that is being worked on now, and some further looks at
the stop in long-distance casting on-deck behind that....
Anyway, just a heads-up for the group, and some useful data already
out as mentioned above.
JB
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From David Lambert.........
Gordy: I couldn't get the first link in Guy's
message to work, so I changed the suffix. It works with this link.
Maybe the first was a typo?
David
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David...
Got it . Thanks !
A worth seeing video clip.
Gordy
