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    Walter & Group..........

    From Jim Valle (who does this cast very well.) :-

    Gordy and Group,

     

    As I read this text I had a bit of a different perception of the question. Maybe this will help.

    First, my first impression was that a “wrist flip” type curve was being described…. As the wrist was involved…a mend type move was added to the cast… (if I understood it correctly) That as Gordy described is a different cast

     

    The FEEL of a “cork screw” is not in the wrist… it is in the tip or the rod (actually the whole rod is rotated but it is the tip movement that makes the cast) …more like the entire forearm making the rod and rod tip move in a circular motion thus making the cast. (And like a snake roll in spey… where the acceleration is placed within the circle will have an effect on the final shape of the cast.)

     

    When doing these casts I find the size of the rod tip circles is important … making the circles the size of a basketball seems to create more effect.

    I would also add that starting in an off-vertical plane for either direction makes it a lot easier as the rotation starts early in the casting sequence …. This I think has to do with the “Momentum” of the cast…. Something I am sensing more and more…

     

    Hope this helps,

    Jim V

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    Jim....

    I agree on all points.

    The diameter of my first circular move is greater than that of the 2nd (3/4) circle.  The hand circular motion for first one, can be over two feet in diameter.

    For my cast with fly landing to my left (Rt. handed caster), I start with the rod off vertical to my right.  When placing the fly to my right, I start with my rod tip just off my opposite (left) shoulder.

    Gordy

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