Lou...
I don't know of any single resource which can
come close to answering all our questions. Of course, that can be said for
the many topics we cover.... and points to one of the values of our Study
Group.
As Al Buhr said, there is a lot of material out
there which touts "myths", unfounded personal opinions, etc., etc. Some to be
found in magazine articles, internet discussions,blogs and in
conversation. Lots of disagreement and lack of consensus even among the
experts matched with many basic opinions which were
consistent.
Reminds me of a Conclave Workshop where four acknowledged experts
were coaching the participants. One of the students became confused and
asked which one of the experts he should heed. The best advice he got was
this: "Listen to the one who makes the most sense to you
.."
There were four reasons I decided to host
the detailed messages on lines for two handed casting
:-
1.) As I tried to learn about the use of these
lines, I noted lots of confusion as I talked with Spey casters who, while more
experienced than I with the subject, seemed not at all at ease with
it.
2.) I became aware of the fact that there
have been many advances in fly line technology (systems of rating, design and
specific uses) during the past 5 years ..... seemingly a "work in
progress".
3.) Lots of differences of opinion cropped
up as I conversed with various Spey Casters both here and from the other side of
the Atlantic.
4.) This topic logically followed our others on
fly lines for single handed casting.
Being unable by virtue of lack of two handed
casting expertise (I'm learning, though have a long way to go) I couldn't do
this as I usually do by coming up with my own text nor could I come up with the
best questions and answers without help from those who have as their primary
expertise the teaching of two handed casting. These included Al Buhr, Ally
Gowans, Rick Williams, Rick Whorwood, Tim and Steve Rajeff and Simon Gawesworth.
Of course, these experts didn't always agree with one another, but
they each had valuable information to
contribute.
These experts who have been helping us, may
have their own views on up to date reading
material.
I found two texts to be helpful, though not
nearly as complete with regard to information on the fly lines as our messages
during the past two months :
# SPEY CASTING, by Simon
Gawesworth, 2004, Stackpole Books. ISBN 08117-0104-2. Note pp.
263-266.
# TWO-HANDED FLY CASTING, Spey
Casting Techniques, by Al Buhr, 2006, Frank Amato Publications. ISBN
: 1-57188 - 395 - 9 (Softbound) & ISBN: 1 - 57188 - 396 - 7
(Hardbound) For basic information on lines, check out p.8 & pp. 59,
60.
Gordy
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Organizing and Archiving Study Group Information
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From
Mark Milkovitch :
Gordy,
I did not pass my
Masters exam on this first try. I had a back cast downward wrist flip coupled
with a forward
creep that was a show
stopper. Bruce
Richards and Rick Williams did the exam so I got not just the diagnosis but a
prescription for the cure as well. Dr. Richards told me that even a
couple weeks perfect practice could be enough to cure the problem.
I?ve got an idea to run by you. While you?re on
Montauk
I?ll be taking time to reorganize my notes from
our study group as well as my reading. When I joined the study group
last spring, I had
no idea about the amount and variety of
information I would
want to collect and catalogue. It didn?t even occur
to me that the five topic areas for the exam questions would be a good starting
point for creating a topic outline I could use to create a folder and file
structure for saving the info in Microsoft Word. As a
result I?ve tried to
organize on the fly with less than optimum
results.
I was
thinking that as I
reorganize I might draft
an outline of how I?m organizing
the content and then ask the study group
for their points of view to see if we
can?t come up with some recommendations we could
make to new group members when
they join.
We could
publish the suggestions in
the Loop or simply send it out as a memo when
people join the group. Anything we
do to help them organize and easily retrieve info when needed would certainly
help their study efficiency and make it easier for people to participate in the quizzes. What do
you think?
Thanks,
Mark
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Mark
.....
Good idea ! Some
members have already done something along these lines. We
might profit by hearing from them.
Gordy