Group....
Questions to ponder:
1.) You are a good caster, and can easily make the 85' target using a 7 wt. rod and a WF7F line. It's a nice day, with no wind at all.
How far are you likely to be able to cast when you purposely carry 50' of line out of the rod tip before making your presentation cast. ?
2.) Now you are limiting yourself to carrying only 30' of line. How far are you likely to be able to cast, now ?
3.) What simple formula would you use to come up with the approximate length of flyline that you can shoot relative to the amount of line carried while false casting ? (The approximate length of the shoot.)
4.) What external factors would change this ratio ?
Gordy