RE: Point of impact

Walter...

Not ramblings....rather good teachings.

Also check out p 45 of Jason Borger's book.

Another way to look at it is that if you are casting great distance and have a long tip travel due to increased stroke length and rod arc, you MUST have a deep bend in the rod.  If you don't, you can't muster an approximately straight path of your rod tip ! 

Thus we come up with an answer to the question:  What is the relatioship between stroke length, rod (casting) arc, rod loading, and the amount of line carried ?   (A question I sometimes ask on an MCI oral exam.)

                                                                          Gordy

                                                                     

 

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From: Walter Simbirski <simbirsw@xxxxxxx>
To: Gordon Hill <hillshead@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Point of impact
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 18:09:51 -0700

Hey Gordy! Thanks for taking time to review and comment on our submissions. It is greatly appreciated.

 

I've been looking at the picture on page 45 of Joan Wulff's book and, to me, it explains a lot of things.

 

For example - why does someone who can load a rod to the point where it almost bends double

need to use an almost 180 degree casting stroke? So that the point of impact is properly aligned

with the line path.

 

Why is a crisp stop more efficient than a slow stop for energy transfer? Because as the rod unloads

the point of impact is going to change due to the rod taper. With a fast stop the change is neglible.

With a slow stop the change will be significant.

 

More ramblings from the frozen north... :)

 

Cheers

 

Walter