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Walter & Group...
[GH] It has been pointed out that I never sent a couple of the messages which may have caused some of you to wonder as you try to file these in order. My apologies for that.
In view of the fact that I didn't send one for Task 7 Discussion 3, I'll do it now since I do have a late "off topic" entry from Mark Milkovitch :
Gordy,
Re task #7. After reviewing the discussion I am still unclear about exactly what a “flick lift” is. I have looked at the pictures from the short & long switch casts in “Casting with Lefty Kreh (Pages 158 and 401) are these flick lifts? What makes a flick lift different from other ways of forming a dynamic loop?
Thank you,
Mark Milkovich
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[GH] That is one of the problems many have in interpreting just what is meant on Task 7.
Here is my take :
1. We do not have a firm definition for the term "flick lift".
2. I have interpreted this to mean a brief lift in which the fly leaves the water and then returns as a "splash down" anchor.
a. This may be a smooth move.
b. Some have objected to the term as implying a sudden application of force.
3. I suspect that the MCI Testing Committee meant it to be done as a switch cast.
4. Since I have not been clear about that, I've been passing candidates on this if done as a dynamic roll cast with no secondary anchor placement and also if done with a splash down anchor so long as the other requirements are met.
5. There is no "flick lift" on Lefty's depiction of the "short switch cast" on p. 158, as I see it, because the photo's show the anchor being dragged into position without leaving the water until the forward cast is made. I'm left wondering, though, when I read the caption to the bottom picture which says, "The perfect position is when the line end falls to the surface no more than a few feet in front to just behind you. "
6. There IS a lift and anchor set seen in the 3 photos on p 401. Accompanying text reads, "Watch the line end. When it leaves the water, make the back cast".... followed by, "The goal is to deposit the line on the surface of the water no more than 10 feet in front of or behind you." *
The revised MCI exam will undoubtedly have this cleared up.
* CASTING with LEFTY KREH, by Lefty Kreh, 2008, pp. 158 & 401.
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