Workshops / DRIFT & FOLLOWTHROUGH

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

Mark Huber explaining his thoughts on positioning instructor and students for a Workshop.  My comments in bold blue italics ..G. :-

Hi Gordy,

 

I was considering that I was looking at the student casting, and positioning my self so that looking towards that background the order would be sun, instructor, student (caster), background.  If the instructor was demonstrating the casting, the instructor and the student would change positions.

I understand.   G.

 

It appears that I misunderstood the question and believe that the student was doing the casting.  When instructing, I minimize the time that students are watching me cast.

You bring up a very good teaching point, here.  Many instructors spend too much time demonstrating leaving less time for their students to perform, rod in hand !!!!!   G.

 

I believe we are saying the same thing here.  Good point on the clarification.

We're on the same page.   G.

 

Best regards,

 

Mark

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Question from Dave Barron :

 

Gordy

You are trying to get my brain in gear this morning. If we are saying that translation does not add much to the cast and it is all rotation, then how do we explain drift on a longer cast? We know that we have to have drift or a longer stroke when making a longer cast or we will get a tailing loop. I think that translation has to add something to the cast. I guess I better think about this a little more.

Dave

 

David Barron

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Dave:

 

Great teaching question !!!

 

The current concept of DRIFT is that it is MOVEMENT OF THE ROD TIP IN THE DIRECTION OF AN UNROLLING or NEWLY UNROLLED LOOP WHICH REPOSITIONS THE ROD AFTER THE STOP LEADING TO INCREASE IN THE AVAILABLE STROKE LENGTH AND ROD ARC FOR THE NEXT STROKE.

 

(Our CBOG Glossary Committee will probably see fit to shorten this description into a crisp definition.)

 

DRIFT is outside the stroke.  Really, repositioning the rod between strokes.

 

When false casting, we can have DRIFT after completion of the forward stroke, too.  This can lead to increased available stroke length and rod arc for the ensuing back stroke.

 

On a delivery cast, we have been calling this movement, FOLLOWTHROUGH.  This is the same movement, made after the stop which cannot result in increased stroke length or rod arc for the next stroke simply because there is no next stroke.

 

 

Let me list some things which DRIFT can accomplish :-

 

 

1.) DRIFT can increase the stroke length rod arc for the next cast.

 

2.) It can increase (perforce) TIP TRAVEL for the next cast.

 

3.) It can yield increased, HANG TIME to allow for needed change in fly line position (trajectory) for the next cast when long distance casting.  (Allows for a high back cast to sink lower so that the ensuing forward cast can be made with high trajectory (launch angle), thus maintaining 180 degrees between the back cast and the forward delivery cast.)

 

4.) DRIFT can allow for repositioning the casting arm / hand for the next cast.

 

5.) DRIFT  can help provide for the release of a greater amount of fly line when line is shot, with the loop traveling farther prior to the next cast.

 

6.) DRIFT can assist in providing a bit of, "pre-load" if line is shot as the momentum of the traveling loop begins to bend the rod tip while completing its straightening just prior to the next cast.

 

7.) In line with 5.) and 6.), DRIFT can result in the ability of a caster to handle more OVERHANG than otherwise on the last back cast prior to the delivery cast.  Since (as Steve Rajeff has taught us)  "Overhang is the barameter for the rate of turnover of the head", this can result in the achievement of longer casts.

(This concept could well engender several paragraphs of explanation ...... as a separate topic altogether.)

 

To paraphrase Joan Wulff:   WHEN USED PROPERLY, DRIFT IS PURE MAGIC !

 

 

Thanks for bringing this up ...... good work !

 

Gordy