Walter & Group............
Here are some more opinions to chew upon (Some good ones !)
From Ally Gowans........
Hi
Gordy,
Haul
timing
(Note that hauls are
independent of the type of cast being used and it should not be assumed that an
overhead cast with a floating line is being
discussed).
Timing and duration of
hauls also depends on the rod, line and fly combination being used, for instance
if a compressed haul is used with a heavily loaded full flexing rod especially
with a heavy fly attached, a tailing loop is almost certainly going to occur.
Hauls vary in length from full arm stretch to an inch or two depending on
purpose and from very little speed to as fast as your hauling hand can travel.
The effective part of the haul is that which reinforces the other accelerating
components of the cast. Body and arm motion, wrist motion and haul speed
maximums should coincide at the “stop”, (Irish I know but I can’t think of a
better way to describe it!) to be most effective they must be additive.
As an examiner the
quick answer I expect for haul timing is:-
“The haul must start
before the cast stops but must not stop before the cast stops”. (Point of
clarification – hauls can and do usually stop at the “stop” and are normally
intended to do so.)
All of this is covered
by the casting rule: “Positive casts accelerate to a
stop”
Best wishes,
Ally Gowans
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From Peter Morse :-
Gordy and group rather than sleeping on this I went to the park and my conclusion is that it depends on the stroke length and the loop size you want. Long casts with a very long stroke I found I was hauling right through the forward stroke and the haul did mirror the stroke (forwards anyway - it was much shorter on the backcast to generate a tighter loop. For short casts it reflected the "acceleration phase" and it grew from there at the same rate as the stroke length grew.
Gordy:
Sorry to be late on the reply on this one, but if the question is:
"When does the haul begin?" My answer is:
The line hand should begin the haul phase simultaneous to when the rod
hand begins the rotational phase of the casting stroke for efficient,
well-timed hauling.
Michael Jones
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