"Climbing loop", Cont'd / the Mulson cast

As expected Jim is right on the button. Frankly my knowledge of physics does allow a horizontal back cast and horizontal front cast combination that can encourage the line extending forward to defeat gravity. Until proven I believe otherwise that the rising line from a horizontal cast is an optical illusion. Incidentally I heard the Molsen cast first at the 2007 Conclave but had used that cast for years to combat wind. In that case I would not have a rising front on the line of course!

Best wishes,

Ally Gowans

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Ally... Right you are. With that Mulson cast , a lot of the belly of the line is anchored in water and the loop unrolls just above the surface. That is one of the things which make it an effective wind cast. Neither Tom White nor I knew how to do it until Joe taught us. Hard to practice it correctly on grass ..... just not the same. Tom and I wet the grass, but it still wasn't the same as on water.

I don't know if anyone published a description of that cast prior to Joe Mulson and Dan McCrimmon who's description was copyrighted in 2004. I'll try to dig out the reference. Joe lives in Maitland, Florida. If he is in attendance at the Florida FFF meeting in Lakeland Fl. at the end of March, perhaps we can get him to demo it, there.

Dan Mcrimmon (CBOG) worked with Joe on that article. Kevin Mayer did the photography. The photos are of Dan making the cast. I put in about two cents worth of critique before it went to the publisher.

The basic idea, as I see it, is to generate high line speed and literally make a forward cast so that the belly of the line lands on the water while a moderately large, "boat hull shaped" loop unrolls just above the water surface to the target. Works well in the wind and, with practice, can be deadly accurate. The article gives a very detailed description of the method they used to do this.

A couple of years ago, one of the MCCI candidates used it to successfully place his fly in the most distant target during his exam on a very windy day. Much discussion over whether it should have been allowed. My vote was a resounding YES.

Gordy

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Comment:

My hearty congratulations to Jim Valle for correctly diagnosing that one ! Only the very best instructors can make a diagnosis like that, seeing only the fly line and not the path of the rod and its tip or the body / arm motion of the caster. Ed Jaworowski has been very adept at that over the years.

Congrats should also go to Troy Miller who got it right, too .... in private communication.

Let's have some of you try to figure out what Ally has done to yield the loops you see in his picture attachments.

Next message will contain the results of the quiz on tackle (fly rod guides & tip tops)

Gordy

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