Lines / Overhang

Measuring overhang is easy with a shooting head because you have a sudden end to heavy line and a definite beginning of running light line.

When you get to a CRP (Continuous rear taper) line, you essentially have no light running line at all....so the point of beginning of the front end of the overhang becomes hard if not impossible to define.

Most other lines with short to medium rear tapers are in between. With these, one might elect to define the forward end of the overhang at the start of the rear taper, at its end (where the running line starts) or somewhere inbetween.

As we've stated before, in quoting Steve Rajeff, "overhang is the tool for determining the rate of turnover of the head". Since the longer it takes for the head loop to unroll the farther it goes, this is an important factor in determining the distance of the cast.

All that sounds fine......but a super caster such as Steve can CONTROL a great deal of overhang. Most of mere mortals can't. THAT'S WHERE THE "VIBRATION" OR IRREGULARITIES COME TO PLAY as we falter with our attempts at maintaining SLP as we carry more line than we can handle perfectly.

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To: Allen Crise
Subject: Re: answers for this week

Al, excellent discussion and answers on overhang. Just an after thought on overhang. On the Expert Distance line by SA six weight is Tip 0.5 feet, front Taper 14.0 feet, Front Belly 17.7 feet, Rear Belly 13.7 feet, Rear Taper 25.0 Feet with running line 34.6 feet for a total of 105 feet. If my remedial math ability is correct the tip to rear taper is 70.9 feet before encountering running line overhang. Most casting folk, except for the casting studs, will never have a problem with overhang with this line because of inability to carry more than the 70.9 feet. 90 to 100 foot cast are possible with this line without getting into overhang. So I am thinking that overhang with the shooting taper and this SA line are two different animals, one critical and the other almost a non-factor. Thoughts anyone?

I have used the SA expert distance line for practice and fishing and find it a worry free line because energy transfer is continuous except for the rare time I am trying for max distance in practice, even then virbration is a something I haven't notice but shall study.

Al, my question is this--how does vibration affect the line? Is it a series of very small wiggles in the first part of the line? I have noticed this several times on the XXD line when distance casting between 90 to 100 feet and have not been able to determine why. Do you think it is vibration?

Thanks, Jerry the P