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Walter & Group...
[GH] From Peter Morse :
Gordy and others, I also imagine that in this task the examiners would be looking for a straight(ish) leader rather than something that places the fly in a random position as just a part of the curves.
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[GH] Peter,
That is the way I'd want to do it if I were fishing in order to have the fly some distance from the slack line waves as they uncurled in the current to allow for a drag free drift.
This, as you can see, was not specified in the task description.
I suspect it might well come up when and if the candidate was asked to explain its actual use on the water.
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[GH] Ally Gowans explains his diagram :
Hi Gordy,
I noted that the sketch may be wrong if the total line length is 40ft as previously mentioned by Dusty. In fact both of the sketches are wrong if that is the intention.
The reason that I drew them as shown is that with 40ft (foot to fly), a 9ft rod and an 8ft leader you have only 23 ft of line left to perform the task with. For a peak to peak distance of more than 6ft around 18 ft of line will be consumed so only one S mend can be made.
I think that they have got it wrong and recommend the approximate distance of 40ft to the fly.
This series of questions to the group scrutinising each test in detail must be of huge value to the MCI committee. I wish that I had such a resource available when I was writing tests. My advantage was that I didn’t have a committee to contend with!
Best wishes,
Ally Gowans
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[GH] Ally,
That is why I didn't comment on your distance. Up to the point of these discussions, I simply wasn't sure. I also had noted that the distance line was marked, "Approximately 40' ".
When testing, I've been looking for more than 2 or 3 6' waves on the layout. That isn't specified in the task description. Of course, each 6' wave uses up a lot of line not much of which accrues to distance. You have pointed that out.
It makes it a much more difficult task when the candidate also has to come close to the 40' mark, but certainly achievable. When I do that, I have to carry almost as much line as I do for the 85' distance cast, depending upon the number of 6' slack waves. (Easy with the 2' slack waves.)
I wonder if that decision was made in order to concentrate on the ability to make the waves alone while taking other details such as the required distance out of the equation. If that is the case, one could argue as to whether or not this was a Master level task.
"Right" or "Wrong", I'm sure the committee had spent time coming to their decision and had their reasons. Perhaps Dusty could help us with that.
Gordy
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[GH] Time for a bit of humor :
Lewis Hinks tells me that when he makes his narrow loop slack line cast by starting the wiggles during the stop sequence, he calls it his SSTWIGGLEOP !
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