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[GH] From Dennis Grant - A painless way of learning to make curve casts :
HI Gordy
Learning & Practicing Curve casts:
1. Before even trying to make curves just play with the fly rod AND 30 feet of line. Make your wrist do all sorts of unorthodox moves during the forward cast. Don’t really try to make the line go anywhere in particular just think about the rod tip reacting to your wrist. (Wave your fencing sword in the air) Move the wrist from a turned in position to a turned out position, then out to in, then in out in, you get the picture.
2. Contrary to what you might think ! Keep the cast SLOW also keep the wrist movements abrupt but SLOW.
3. 'Face the target' Focus on the spot you want the fly to LAND, set your body position in the direction of the landing spot. Then play with the layout of the curve. Your finish position should be your most comfortable body alignment, then the arm and wrist will be able to return to the comfort zone.
Most people when learning the curves think everything must happen quickly, this adds speed to the rod tip when we really want to add control.
If you follow this exercise all of a sudden the curve appears almost as a mistake. Once this starts to happen you can continue to perfect the cast you want. ONLY then, begin to increase the line length and put the curve in different line locations.
Some rods make better curves then others. At short distances (40 feet) I personally like a slow action rod. For longer casts beyond 50 feet I get more control and better curves with a faster action.
Great fun curves and very useful.
Dennis
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[GH] Dennis,
While not a way to learn the specific curve casts for Task 5, it does speak to a way to teach curve casts in general. That might well come up as a question on an MCI exam.
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[GH] I think we are now ready to tackle Task 6 with our next message.
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