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I'm passing this thought provoking "string of messages" to you. Scroll way down below this message and read them first.
In the past, the way one hauled was considered, STYLE.
Lefty used to teach that all you needed for a good cast was a short, quick strip at exactly the right time near the conclusion of the stroke. Others taught and used a longer haul for almost all casts where one was considered in the first place. LITTLE MEETING OF THE MINDS on that issue.
Now most agree that for greatest casting efficiency that it behooves the caster to match the length of the haul with that of the cast......."short cast = short haul" (no haul needed for very short casts) / "Long cast = long haul." Even Lefty has modified his dictum in that direction.
Look at the picture of Steve Rajeff at the very conclusion of his distance cast on Mel Krieger's video, THE ESSENCE OF FLY CASTING, II. You will see that his arms are the mirror image of one another as the line is released by his line hand.
The reason Lefty took that position in the first place was that is was easiest to TEACH the most effective timing of the haul with that short quick pull, because it had to be done pretty close to the right place in the stroke or it just wouldn't work very well.....and students immediately got the idea. As such, it joins many of the things Lefty taught with which pundits disagreed ....because he wrote and made those statements, not with the pure physics of the cast in mind, but for statements which would get into the brain of his students, even though he know they weren't strictly correct from a scientific standpoint. That this method of his teaching was effective is obvious when one watches the casting of his long term students......like Ed Jaworowski, who throws the tightest loop I've ever seen.
This has been refined to include the timing of acceleration of the haul to match that of the acceleration of the rod tip, and the timing of the line hand line release to be carefully timed close to that of the STOP of the hand.
Some experts are still trying to come to an agreement as to whether it's best to have that release exactly at the STOP, or a fraction of a second on either side of it......Jury is still out on that one. (I don't think my timing is sharp enough that I can tell whether it's best for me to do one or the other, frankly.)
Gordy
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Subject: FW: Testing
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 14:30:16 -0600
Howdy Gang.
Here is a question / answer that I think is worth you reading through.
ol Al
Allen Crise FFF Master Casting Instructor
SOC VP of Education
Hawk Ridge Flycasting School
2508 A County Road 1011
Glen Rose, TX 76043
254-897-2045
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Here is the question that started this thread
> When Tom Jindra tested me in Mountain Home, he was dissatisfied with my
> step-by-step description of the double haul. He wanted to hear the term
> "mirror image" and told me so. In a basic cast without hauling, a mirror
> could be placed at the theoretical center of the casting arc and present
> a use of "mirror image" terminology. A mirror could be placed between
> the hands as the line haul is initiated and the hand separation be
> described in "mirror image" terms. My experience is that my best hauls
> are started after the beginning of the power stroke, so it would be a
> very distorted mirror image. Please tell me how this applies.
_____________________________________________________________> Ok GaryWhat if you are casting and the haul is started at the power snap of
> the rod (hand).Then the haul would speed up at the same time? Still a
> copy of the rod?
>
> I like to say the haul matches the rod tip. in speed and distance.
> making the Stop with the haul the same time you rod tip tops or reaches
> RSP (Rod Straight Position).
>
> You back cast haul and front cast haul should be applied at the same
> time in the stroke; Right? The hand should feed back the line to the rod
> on the end of back cast stroke. So if you are false casting you can do
> the same with your haul GET THE HAND UP TO THE ROD.
>
>
>
> Now I will warn you often the masters will ask you a question that has a
> vague answer you are to make a choice and defend it. No they do not tell
> you which one it is. But will be like a student that you will get that
> knows all the answers. YOU have had on of them I am sure.
>
> When doing the Demo and Explain BE THE INSTRUCTOR. Explain what you are
> doing and BE DOING IT. If you are making a haul in the back cast be
> making a back cast. If you are going to demo a big loop 'Color in
> Crayons' BIG and BOLD. Make a loop like a newbies would make if they
> want one smaller you can do that. One more tip If you quote a master or
> guru, be sure that you are word for word not close. Remember the Masters
> have heard it before they do not need to hear it wrong....
>
> CCI can be tough because you do not know what to expect. Now you have
> gone through it once it will be much easier.
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> Ok GaryWhat if you are casting and the haul is started at the power snap of
> the rod (hand).Then the haul would speed up at the same time? Still a
> copy of the rod?
>
> I like to say the haul matches the rod tip. in speed and distance.
> making the Stop with the haul the same time you rod tip tops or reaches
> RSP (Rod Straight Position).
>
> You back cast haul and front cast haul should be applied at the same
> time in the stroke; Right? The hand should feed back the line to the rod
> on the end of back cast stroke. So if you are false casting you can do
> the same with your haul GET THE HAND UP TO THE ROD.
>
>
>
> Now I will warn you often the masters will ask you a question that has a
> vague answer you are to make a choice and defend it. No they do not tell
> you which one it is. But will be like a student that you will get that
> knows all the answers. YOU have had on of them I am sure.
>
> When doing the Demo and Explain BE THE INSTRUCTOR. Explain what you are
> doing and BE DOING IT. If you are making a haul in the back cast be
> making a back cast. If you are going to demo a big loop 'Color in
> Crayons' BIG and BOLD. Make a loop like a newbies would make if they
> want one smaller you can do that. One more tip If you quote a master or
> guru, be sure that you are word for word not close. Remember the Masters
> have heard it before they do not need to hear it wrong....
>
> CCI can be tough because you do not know what to expect. Now you have
> gone through it once it will be much easier.
.Gary
> I will try to help you out on these:
> Bruce came up with 6 steps to correction to a cast
>
> #1 what is the line doing
>
> #2 what did the rod do to make it happen
>
> #3 what did the body do to make it happen
>
> #4 correct the body
>
> #5 make the rod do what is right
>
> #6 Did the line do what is was suppose to?
>
> This is a rough idea. of the 6 steps three down three up.
>
> Mini quiz What if the line kicked to the left?
>
Allen,
Thank you for your reply. Now that I see it, I am familiar with Bruce
Richards process but I did not fully appreciate who it came from.
I really like your "haul matches the rod tip" explanation. From the rest
of your explanations it appears that the backcast haul, recovery, pause is
a mirror image of the front cast, haul, recovery, pause. That makes visual
and kinesiological sense to me. I now have a descriptive application of
"mirror-image" for which I am grateful.
As for the mini quiz - The line kicked left, the rod rotated left the hand
rotated to the left during the power snap. Correct by isolating the wrist
from rotation during the power snap, the rod should run in true SLP, and
the loop should unroll straight, too.
Time to take the rod to the lawn, again!
Gary
---------------------------------------------------------------------------IF you can follow all of that I tried to put it order. Might have lost something...ol AL
> Allen Crise FFF Master Casting Instructor
> SOC VP of Education
> Hawk Ridge Flycasting School
> 2508 A County Road 1011
> Glen Rose, TX 76043
> 254-897-2045
> geocities.com/rrdoctor
> flysoup@xxxxxxxxxx