Library addition / Teaching handicapped folks

Gordy,

I have a copy of Ernest Schwiebert ‘Trout’ second condition that needs to be passed along to another member of our study group. It is the full two volume tome in slipcase and in excellent condition. It was purchased from a reverent fly angler whose only caveat was to pass it along to needing students at the same price of $300. Would you be kind enough to pass along its availability?

No worm hatch this evening-but they were staging and we managed to hook four tarpon from 6-8pm!

Regards,

Capt. Greg Rahe

http://www.flyfishingkeywest.com

(305) 923-4369

FFF Certified Fly Casting Instructor

FFF Certified Fly Fishing Guide

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Comment: I paid over $500.00 for mine, and felt I got a bargain. I've seen them advertised rarely, and then sometimes for as much as $1000.00 !

A fine collectors item and reference for the library of any real fly-casting student or instructor with an incredible wealth of information, especially with regard to the sections on the history of fly fishing and fly casting.

Years ago, when I was studying for the Masters, I solicited advice from Gary Borger. His first recommendation was for me to start compiling a good fly casting library. I have done that and have never regreted it.

For me, the best way to study has been to pick a subject or a problem and to go to my many references to learn... not ever from just one source. This is far more effective (for me) than picking one book at a time and reading it through, because when I do that, I'm not all fired up about a solution to a quandry.

Gordy

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From Al Crise on teaching fly casting to disabled folks:-

Howdy Gordy.

Pease forward as you see if. I do not have my address book back yet.

Tonight after the wind died and rain quit I took a card table chair into the Casting Venue.

Started out right handed and did the FFF CCI test. Setting down. 9 ft 5 wt with XXD line

Then I tried it left handed sitting down. The 75 ft cast was just a little short about 70 ft I did hit is once or twice. Just not pretty. I will work on that some more. My haul timing is not sharp.

My left handed roll cast was do able to 50 ft. I was able to run the targets, one handed.

Side arm and overhead casting are not imparied. Removing the arm rest might give some more room for side arm casting but not required. locking the breaks are needed. Line was hanging in the weeds that came with the rains. Towel in my lap would have helped. OF course I did not have the wheels to trouble me.

What I found out is sitting down. I feel. the CCI test will not need any adjustment in the Tasks.

AS I spend a fair amount of time casting from my kayak I felt ok sitting down right handed.

ON the AFF site we were talking of a short rod for Wheelchair angler. This is what got me stated

thinking.

Here is what I posted after the 8 ft or 8 ft 3 in rod were talked about.

Howdy Sam,

You are right if they are on a dock. What if in a boat? Or in a river. Some times the longer rod will reach over the bow or around things in the way. When seated what do you do? As a fully mobile anger you forget that a REACH is some times needed.

I agree that the shorter rod might be easier to stop. Remember this, a wheelchair bound angler will have more upper body strength than most people. So that the longer rod will make the casting, mending.

Fish fighting with a stiffer rod or a rod with a stiff but might not have the forgiveness that the non mobile needs. Also this is a time when the deep flexing might be needed for reduced strain on the angler.

I would like some feed back on this subject. These are my thoughts only.

ol Al

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Comment: Something to be learned, here, including the idea of placing yourself in the position of either a new caster or a disabled person by teaching yourself to cast with your non-dominent hand. Humbling, and ego destroying, too.

Two years ago, Tom White felt the same way about this. He had me actually test him for the casting part of the CCI exam using his "other hand". Passed.

Last year, he had me test him on every task on the MCCI exam, with him using his non-dominent hand. PASSED !

Now that was an accomplishment, especially since Tom has always been strictly right handed.

Gordy

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