ol Al....
My favorite way to "cure" creep is to teach a back drift while watching the
back loop unfurl. Sometimes I go to a, "Lefty's stab".
With some creepers, I teach them to creep and to make it worse and
worse until they have the feel for what is happening and what it does. I,
then, have them back up from this scenario and add the back drift. This
works for the kind of student who does well with explanations and absorbtion of
concepts......one who can handle the concept of creep being motion of the rod in
the direction opposite that of a still unrolling loop. (Not for
beginners.)
Do any of you have other methods of handling the creeper ??
Gordy
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Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 2:27
PM
Subject: From Troy
Another thing to do
is to put your hand in front of the rod after they make their back stop (while
the backcast is unrolling), and only remove it when it?s time to make the
forward stroke. Tell them in advance what you?re planning to do, so you
don?t freak them out. You?ll have to be standing behind them, quite
close to them. If they?re uncomfortable with this, they?ll let you know
(you can even ask them if it makes them uncomfortable). You should only
have to do it a few times, and they?ll get the idea real quick. Then, if
you see the creep come back, walk close by and say ?I see some creep? and hold
your hand out like you?re gonna stop them again. They?ll fix it right
quick. They won?t let you get close enough to put your hand in front of
the rod?
Allen Crise FFF Master Fly Casting Instructor
Hawk Ridge
Fly Casting School
Glen Rose, TX 76043
254-897-2045
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