Walter & Group.....
I have included an attachment of a brief example of answering questions on an oral exam at a CCI level. .... from Peter Lami, MCCI. As you read this you will see a quote he added from Lefty Kreh that, "...the size of the loop is determined by the distance that you speed-up-and-stop." Many of us challenged that statement, until Lefty explained that the longer that you speed up to a stop, the farther from the oncoming fly line is RSP .... or, in other words, when you make a long, "power snap", you start to unload your rod as the fly line overtakes the rod tip with the rod tip way below the SLP the rod tip took up to that point.
Gordy
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More thoughts on the, "pickup" :
The technique of teaching the, "pickup-and-laydown" has been used for years by competent instructors of fly casting. It is usually taught as one of the first tasks for new casters.
As with any casting task, there may be faults even with what seems to be such a simple maneuver. (Try to imaging the number of possible faults with more complicated tasks !) :-
1.) Starting the pickup with the rod tip high above the water. (This does shorten available stroke length and rod arc.) This was one of Tom White's pet peeves. For the student who repeatedly did this, he'd have him/her start each cast with the rod tip either in the water or on the grass.
2.) Using inappropriate application of powSimbirskier. The new caster often tries to jerk the line out of the water with the use of so much acceleration in the beginning, that it cannot be maintained during the remainder of the stroke.
3.) Initiating the pickup when a sinking line or heavy fly is too deep. Here, lots of energy is wasted just trying to bring the end tackle to the water surface. (Much later in most lesson plans, the technique of the roll cast pickup is taught to solve this problem)
4.) Using a, "two stage pickup". The caster lifts the rod tip up and back, then hesitates for a moment as the leader comes to the surface and starts up .... only then to make the back cast. The effect is similar to simply starting the pickup with the rod tip too high. (Check out Gary Borger's video, available from the FFF office .... "Fifteen Most Common Casting Errors" )
5.) Not using sufficient acceleration to pluck the fly/leader from the water in starting the back cast. (The whole thing collapses).
6.) Attempting to make the pickup when there is more floating line out on the water than the caster can handle. Here, the line may well never become airborne except for just enough of it to make a mess. (So often this occurs when even good casters have made a cast to a fish, missed the target, and an attempt is made to save the day with a second cast to the moving fish before enough line has been retrieved. Very common when flats fishing !)
7.) Failure to maintain good tracking during the pickup. (The caster inadvertently moves the rod tip from side to side as the back cast is made.) This puts lateral waves in the line and reduces the energy directed at moving the fly line back from the initial position. An inefficient back cast caused by one example of failure to maintain SLP of the rod tip.
Gordy
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FFF Certification - Oral Test Comprehensive Version.doc
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