Walter & Group.......
I'd like to add one more, "method" of making a tailing loop :
Too much power for the amount of rod arc despite the correct amount of rod arc for the length of line carried.
This one is a bit of a brain teaser. When you go out and actually do it, you'll note a long concavity (concave rod tip path) of the rod tip as the rod bends in response to the power applied and then rises prematurely at the end of the cast.
One way of looking at this one, is to consider that because of the limited rod arc for this much rod bend, the rod unloads too soon. As it does so, it completes the concave rod tip path.
All this despite the fact that there is a correct match between the length of the line carried and the amount of rod arc.
The obvious, "cures" are:
1.) Use less power and maintain the same length of line carried and the same rod arc.
2.) Apply the same amount of power and carry the same length of line, but increase the rod arc.
For those of you who have saved or printed out the prior message entitled: Tailing loops/ in depth understanding, consider adding this one as item (f).
Gordy