Re: Slack line casts.....mini-quiz

Walter...

Good answers.

Yours and Bob Rumpf's are the best, so I'll send them out to the Group.  Many answers came in yesterday and today.

I have many detailed comments (not criticisms) added to Bob's list of answers, so I won't repeat them, here.

                                                                               Gordy

 

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From: Walter Simbirski <simbirsw@xxxxxxx>
To: Gordon Hill <hillshead@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Slack line casts.....mini-quiz
Date: Mon, 02 Jan 2006 15:50:09 -0700

Hi Gordy!

 

Thanks for waiting for those of us who have been on vacation. Answers follow.

 

1. To extend the natural drift time of the fly on the water.

 

2. Puddle cast, Dump cast, slack line cast, stack cast. The pile cast can also be referred to as the tuck cast, the fly first cast, the bounce cast

    or the parachute cast. Depending on who you are talking to they may refer to the first group as a pile or puddle mend and the second group as the pile cast.

 

3. Low back cast, high forward cast, hard stop of the line, follow the line to the water with the rod tip.

 

4. Wiggle cast, curve casts, climbing hook cast, cross body cast with a back hand flip, stack mend, tug cast.

 

5. Something with poor energy transfer from the fly line to the leader. The leader would have a very thin butt section compared to the diameter of the fly line

    and would have very little taper. Also the longer the leader the more slack that could be created.

 

6. When streamer or wet fly fishing - especially near the surface or in moving water.

 

7. The higher the cast is aimed the closer the fly (and slack) will land to you. If you want to have a puddle of line at a specific distance while the remainder

    of the line/leader is straight then rather than using a hard stop to create slack along the length of the line you could use a variation of the wiggle cast

    in which just one or two wiggles are made in the rod during the time the line is shooting. The sooner you make the wiggle after shooting the line the

    closer the slack will be to the end of the line/leader. In this case the wiggle may be horizontal or vertical.

 

8. See previous answer.

 

9. Follow the drift of the fly with the rod tip. Up stream, on the water mends could also be executed as the belly of the line forms downstream.

 

10. Mac Brown.

 

11, 12. - see answer for 7.

 

13. No. Energy transfer from the thin running line to the heavier belly part of the line is poor. The more running line out past the rod tip the poorer the

     energy transfer would be.

 

Cheers

 

Walter

 

 

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Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 7:16 PM

Subject: Slack line casts.....mini-quiz

Hi, Group:

Let's have a mini-quiz on SLACK LINE CASTS.

1.) What is the usual purpose for slack line casts ?

2.) Can you come up with at least 2 synonyms for the PILE CAST ?

3.) Describe your way of making the pile cast.

4.) Can you name or describe at least 3 other techniques, casts, or mends to yield a slack line/leader layout ?

5.) What leader design would you consider to gain maximum slack between the fly line and the fly ?

6.) Can you name a fishing circumstance where you would want to have absolutely no slack in the leader or line as the fly lands upon the water ?

7.)  How would you make a "PUDDLE CAST"  with slack close to you ?

8.)  Now you want to have the slack out at a distance from you.  What do you do differently to accomplish this ?

9.) You have just made a perfect upstream reach "cast" with a straight line between the rod tip and the fly.  You slipped line as you did this, so the fly has landed right in the feeding lane.  NOW WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THE ROD TIP ?

10.) Can you name the author who described the,                   " ANGULAR PERPENDICULAR THRUST PILE CAST" and the, "ANGULAR ROTATIONAL THRUST PILE CAST" as well as the, "NEGATIVE BUCKET CAST" ?

11.)  How do you perform a "WIGGLE CAST"  so that the waves of slack line are close to you even though the fly is out at a distance ?

12.)  You now want the waves of slack line for your "WIGGLE CAST" to be out near the end of the fly line at, say, 50' with the remainder of the line straight to the rod tip.  What did you do differently from the cast in 11.) ?

13.)  Does increased overhang help you to make on-the-water mends efficiently ?

                                                                 Gordy