RE: What do you feel or sense at the end of the casting stroke?

Peter...

Great description.

Now I'll ask the $64.00 question:   HOW do you sense that point of RSP ?

Do you SEE it, HEAR it, FEEL it...?   Tell by actually seeing the initiation of loop formation at that point ?  Does seeing the fly leg of the newly forming loop tell you this ?

Or is it all, "intuition" ?

THAT's what we're trying to get at.  You see, we have learned what the time/frame video studies and the Casting analyzer told us....but can we as casters actually sense this ?

Steve Rajeff and I will be fishing together on Apr. 8th....and we'll discuss this together, as well.

                                                                      Gordy

                                                                         

 

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From: "Peter Lami" <plami@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Gordy Hill" <hillshead@xxxxxxx>
Subject: What do you feel or sense at the end of the casting stroke?
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 09:38:12 -0500

Gordy,

 

You posed the question, "What do you feel or sense at the end of the casting stroke?"

 

I stop the butt section of the rod, then drift, on every false cast.  Then, on my final distance cast, I shoot line into my back cast while simultaneously laying the rod back by opening my wrist.  The technique of "laying back" helps me to achieve a nearly 170-degrees of angular rotation, or more simply put, greater tip travel.  I intently stare at my back cast to be sure I am tracking perfectly and pause long enough for the line to completely straighten without losing tension before I start the final presentation on the forward cast.  The translation on the forward cast is relatively slow at the beginning and I try to generate the quickest possible rotation at the end of the cast by closing my wrist.  I also double haul and try to release the fly line near my hip and follow through with my line hand behind me after the release.  I do NOT feel a "stop", nor can I feel the Rod Straight Position.  I believe if you did stop the rod it would restrict distance.  RSP on the other hand is very important.  I can infer from the fly leg of the loop exactly where RSP occurred and I try to put a point on the top of the loop to form what is called a "climbing loop".  This type of loop is asymmetrical and possesses a positive angle of attack.  Studies have shown that a climbing loop has 4X more loft than a semi-circular loop.  The bottom line is I can't feel RSP but I have a keen sense of where it is all the time.

 

Tight loops!

 

Peter Lami

 

Peter D. Lami

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Atlanta, GA   30309-3374

TEL (404) 348-4975

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