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Walter & Group...
[GH] Here are some other ways of using sound to help teach fly casting by HEARING:-
>From Bob Stouffer:
Dr. Gordy
I use sound and hearing in several ways ways, such as:
1. I ask the student to listen to the "swish" that the rod makes and learn to cast so that it goes away almost completely.
2. For false casting, I mimic the "Caddy Shack" (Chevy Chase movie) putting sound sound that he uses to guide the ball to the hole (dit dit dit dit dit dit dit dit dit dit dit) in a decrescendo to imitate the line-speed for the timing of the unrolling loop.
3. I use the Blue Danube waltz timing for single-spey cadence.
4. I use the hop-hop song "The Message" (Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five i.e. "dont-push-me-cuz-I'm-close-to-the-edge") for the cadence of the Double-Spey.
I find that there is a smooth transfer of movement cues available through something musical. Funny how I can remember every little grade-school song (tune and word) yet I cannot recall the math facts.
double-spey
lift / relax point P reposition drop white mouse D loop cast
Its' like a /jungle some times it makes me wonda how I keep from goin unda ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
The tune helps to blend what seems to be seven movements into one.
Bob Stouffer, CCI
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[GH] Bob,
I love it!!!
Especially the use of "decrescendo" and crescendo to represent deceleration and acceleration.
You are right about the recollection of musical jingles heard and learned many years ago when we were young. They somehow nestled into niches in our brains.... ready for instant recall.
Gordy
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[GH] Here is my story #2.
A few years ago, in August, when the Yellowstone river water was so warm that fishing was prohibited, Molly Semenik took Jim Valle and me up to high ground to fish a Montana trout stream in much cooler water.
I had brought a 3 wt. outfit with a rod which I'd put together with REC titanium (Ti/Ni) guides, matched with a Scientific Anglers Mastery Sharkskin textured fly line. This combination resulted in a pronounced noise as I cast with the line singing out through the guides ... sort of a "violin effect". Molly immediately reacted with dismay at the noise I created in this quiet, pristine environment.
I had been using this line/guide arrangement on other rods while fishing salt water flats at my home waters in the Florida Keys. The wind, water noise, and wide open spaces had muted the sound of casting so that I made my casts while blissfully unaware of any unwanted casting noise.
THEN...........
I figured, I might be able to use this noise generating phenomenon to help teach smooth fly casting. The "rod music" made by casting and teaching on grass in one of our local parks turned out to be one more modality for teaching the differences in application of forces. I still use it.
Gordy
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