Tension / MCCI preparation

HI Gordy,

One final point re tension in a cast. We can actually sense the tension building up after the stop as the loop moves away from the rod tip and we use this to shoot line at the correct time. Being aware of that you will also become aware of the instant of zero tension at the rod tip right after the stop.

Best wishes,

Ally Gowans

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Ally ..... I agree completely. I have been calling that increased tension as the back cast loop is shot just prior to its unfurling, "preload".

The prefix, "pre" refering to the fact that it loads the rod a bit just prior to the delivery forward cast. Perhaps a good wordsmith could come up with a better term.

Gordy

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From Liam Duffy :-

Hi Gordy,
I would suggest whenever possible have someone (preferably a CBOG or MCI) to "critique" your casting and knowledge.

Luckily, when I did the Masters four of us travelled from Ireland to Roscoe, N.Y. and the feeling with us "whatever they throw at us we'll know it!" sounds pompous but thats whats needed.

We practiced constantly to comments from each other some of which bordered on the insulting!! (C**p, rubbish, Tripe, etc) It makes you work harder when you ask" are my back loops tight enough" and the reply is"what back loops ?" all this friendly banter among friends is fine but the underlying message was that we were helping each other.

I would say that when practicing make EVERYTHING 10%-15% more difficult (I.E. distance, accuracy, etc) then when you take the test it will appear easier, thus helping to mitigate the "Nerves Factor" It is very important to have somebody watching and helping you (it is no good practicing faults!) always remember the old saying "The Doctor who diagnoses himself has a fool for a patient"

Happy New Year,

Liam Duffy

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Liam...

Well ...... it certainly is NOT good to practice with continued faults, though purposely practicing specific faults to help understand them is something I do to help make me a better teacher .... not a better caster.

Digging back into past memory, I think it was you who wrote to me requesting that I send you Irishmen a list of terms and, "definitions" that we use here in the USA. I recall that this was back when you were preparing for your MCCI exam. That was a darned good idea !

Am I right about that ?

Gordy

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Another way of looking at it, from Al Crise:-

Howdy Gordy

When teaching the Elliptical cast or Belgium cast I will say

Power on, Pick up the line and get it going back ward

Power off, This is the swing of the back cast changing planes. Still under tension, just not power.

Power on This is the delivery cast.

ol Al

Allen R. Crise

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All this discussion on tension reminds me of Floyd Franke teaching, ACCELERATION / TENSION / STOP as suffix to one of the five essentials: Power must be applied at the correct time and in the correct amount.

Gordy

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