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Walter & Group...
More answers to the quiz. I made some comments in the answer text with an oral exam in mind. :
>From Rex Walter :
[GH] Let's tackle a couple of new questions :
1.) Would you ever use a double haul for a 30' long cast ?
- Yes
2.) If you answered "yes", tell us the circumstances which would lead you to do that.
Appropriate in multiple situations including:
- Windy conditions
- Casting large, bulky flies
- Casting ultra-light lines/rods
- When you want to produce a big splash when the fly when it lands
- To make the cast with a minimal number of false casts
- And the most common reason, using it out of the habit of always casting with a double haul
3.) What is a CHECK HAUL ?
- A short haul very late in the forward cast that is performed after the stop but while the line is still in the air. This haul will cause the fly to flip under and land first, similar to a Tuck cast.
4.) For what purpose would you use it ?
- The fly will land first and in a more directly down direction. Useful in multiple situations including; placing a fly inside a lilly pad field or when casting a Clouser or other sinking fly and you want it to sink quickly.
5.) What is a TRIPLE HAUL ?
- A Triple Haul is another name for a Check Haul
[GH] True, when it is added to a cast made with a double haul.
6.) I've just given you a magic fly rod. It is a 9' # 8. This one gets shorter and shorter as you make many casts. You are using a wt. forward floating fly line which matches the rod designation.
You need to reach a target 85' from you using a straight line overhead cast with a double haul.
Do you change your haul as your rod gets progressively shorter ?
- Yes
7.) How ?
- The haul length and timing will need to adjust to match changes in the casting stroke.
8.) Why ?
- Changes in the rod length will require changes in the casting stroke and the haul will need to be adjusted to match the stroke changes. The length and angle of the stroke will need to be adjusted as the rod length changes to maintain the straight line path of the rod tip.
[GH] If an examiner had asked you that question on an MCI exam, you can bet it would lead to the next one which would likely be : "OK, now tell me exactly what changes for your casting stroke and haul ? "
Actually that is a good way to answer the question. Yours could well serve as the SHORT ANSWER and the answer to the second question your LONG ANSWER.
9.) When, relative to the casting stroke to you STOP your line hand when making a haul while false casting ?
- Stop the haul the same time you stop the rod.
[GH] Another short answer which is close to the truth. On an exam, you will likely be asked to expand.
In relating the STOP of the line hand with the "STOP" of the rod hand, we must remember the impositions of momentum and inertia.: It is easy to stop the hand holding the line because there is far less momentum involved and, therefore, less inertia to overcome. So you can make a "quick stop".
When stopping the rod hand, you must overcome the vastly greater inertia of the fly rod, line and reel. Simply put, that takes more effort and greater "slow down" time.
For that reason, even if you try to make the stops at the same time, that isn't what is actually going to happen.
This is why many champion distance casters feel it is best to make the STOP of the haul hand a split second after that of the casting hand.
10.) When, in relation to your delivery casting stroke do you RELEASE your line from your line hand ?
- Release the line from the line hand after the stop and during the time the loop is unrolling. The caster should be able to feel the line being “pulled” toward the rod when released at the correct time.
[GH] I suspect some casters may actually do it that way, by "feel" rather than by rote.
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