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Walter & Group....
[GH] I must make a correction to my last message !
As I see it, the term COUNTERFLEX is the flexion of the fly rod between RSP 1 and RSP 2. The term, REBOUND refers go the reverse movement of of the rod tip after counterflex, between RSP 2 and RSP 3.
When performing a powered curve cast, one can use a HAUL to augment COUNTERFLEX and increase the curve. I failed to point this out. (Of course, hauls are not allowed on the MCI exams.)
A MEND can be used to augment REBOUND which can exaggerate the rod tip movement in the opposite direction, thus a greater amount of line belly to increase the size of the curve layout.
Using this reasoning, I'll correct a couple of statements I made :-
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[GH] CORRECTED WORDS ARE IN BLUE HIGH CASE AND UNDERLINED :
4.) Can the curve cast be combined with a mend ? Yes, with some difficulty.
[GH] Well.... not easy to accomplish a curve along with a mend layout. However, if we look at a mend as repositioning the line after the cast, then we can use a mend very effectively when fishing to augment a curve. This is done by moving the rod tip in the direction of REBOUND to exaggerate the effect of REBOUND as the belly of the curve is formed.
This is a practical fishing cast, but NOT a pure curve cast as identified by the MCI testing committee.
5.) If you answered YES to # 4, describe the casting moves and the results. Let's use an overpowered curve as a basis for this. Make the extra hard wrist snap during the stop sequence to form the curve and after the stop make a lateral movement of the rod hand out and back to the center to place the arial mend. If I do this and make a curve to the left and a mend to the right I get either an extra large curve, or if I wait longer a curve and a mend near the rod tip. If I make a curve to the right and a mend to the right I get something that looks remarkably like an S cast.
[GH] Yes.
6.) How would you make a right angle curve cast most efficiently? Angle the rod off at a 30-45 degrees and use a torqued curve cast at the same time.
[GH] That is one way to do it. For me, the easiest way to do it, is to cast with the rod in the off-horizontal to horizontal plane, then overpower the cast and stop it early. The rod tip will bend in the direction you wish the fly to go, (COUNTERFLEX ). Then a more powerful REBOUND than usual will flip the belly of the forming curve to the opposite direction.
Of course, when fishing, if you wish to really sharpen that right angle curve, it helps to make a mend move to the direction of REBOUND to exaggerate the layout. As you know, I like to call that a "Cast-mend" rather than a pure "cast". Just my way of looking at it.
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