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Walter Simbirski & Group...
[GH] I have a few questions for you based mostly on our recent messages on casting mechanics. Let's have some fun with these ...............(Beware.... I added a couple of zingers.)
1.) Which term do you prefer?, a. CASTING ARC. b. CASTING ANGLE.
2.) Why ?
3.) Can you describe what is meant by the term, "CURVILINEAR TRANSLATION" in simple language?
4.) If I apply a constant (not increasing) force to a fly rod, will it accelerate over time?
5.) What is TORQUE?
6.) Do translation and rotation occur separately? or as contiguous events when casting?
7.) When does the movement of the rod through the CASTING ANGLE begin and end?
8.) What relationship must exist between the ROD BEND and the CASTING ANGLE in order to achieve a straight line path of the rod tip when casting?
9.) Do you use slide loading?
10.) Do you see any advantage to using it?
11.) Who was first to use the term, "slide loading"?
12.) We've read that a champion distance caster named Marvin Hedge first introduced the double haul to organized competition fly casting. Who taught it to him (and may well have been the person who developed it.) ?
13.) What is "PRE-LOAD"?
14.) Do we have "PRE-LOAD" with most of our fishing casts?
15.) Under what circumstances, if ever, is a caster likely to achieve pre-load?
16.) What is the definition (description) of CASTING STROKE that you favor?
17.) BRIEFLY: What do you tell your students about the CASTING STROKE?
18.) Is the path taken by the casting hand always a straight line when we achieve (almost) a straight line path of the rod tip?
19.) Can you load (bend) a fly rod by moving it through a casting angle without acceleration?
20.) Some well practiced casters can cast a fly line 50 feet or more when hand casting with no fly rod. How is this possible with no casting angle (casting arc)?
21.) What is likely to happen if we use lots of force and develop more rod bend without increasing our casting angle?
22.) What happens if we don't use enough force to develop sufficient rod bend for the amount of casting angle?
23.) Do you ever purposely perform the exercises in 21.) and 22.) as a demonstration to your casting students?
24.) When does the rod tip make its first stop?
a. At RSP 1 (First Rod straight position).
b. At RSP 2 (Second rod straight position).
c. At RSP 3 (Third rod straight position).
d. At MCP (Maximum counterflex position).
e. At MRP (Maximum rebound position).
25.) What is meant by the term, DRAG?
Gordy
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