RE: Casting in high winds

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Walter...

 

Firstly, I'll say that if you can really do 80' in that wind you have arrived as a true wind caster.  Congrats !

 

To answer your last question on line control with that large downwind loop:  Any large loop can act like slack line.... as you try to manipulate the line with the line hand all you accomplish is the pulling back of some of that, "slack" (as I look at it.)

 

Gordy

-----Original Message-----
From: Walter Simbirski [mailto:simbirsw@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 1:19 AM
To: Gordy Hill
Subject: Casting in high winds

Gordy - I got a chance to really try out some of your lessons about casting in high winds this past weekend.

I'm not an expert on wind speeds but I would guess that the winds were 30-40km at various times during

the day. There were times when fishing was pointless because the wind blew our rods around so much

that it was impossible to tell if the fish were biting.

 

Casting directly into the wind I was casting roughly 80 feet with my 6 weight. I mark my lines so I know that

the distance was indeed 80 feet. One thing I did find when false casting in to the wind was that timing was

extremely critical - even the slightest delay on starting the backcast resulted in enough line sag that the

leader would hit me at the midpoint of the backcast (I removed the hook before attempting to see how

far I could cast into the wind).

 

When casting with the wind I also found that by throwing a roll cast with a very wide loop that a cast of

80-90 feet was almost effortless and removed the need to throw a good backcast in to the wind.

 

I also noted that when casting with the wind line control with my line hand was very difficult. (It was

similar to not turning over the line after stripping it off of the reel). Any pointers to offer in that area?

 

Thanks

 

Walter