Casting planes / Tom White's, "Dump cast"

Walter & Group..........

From Natalie Driscoll, Tom White's daughter:

Bryan and Gordy,

 Because I can’t get the Tom White Foundation up and running in the time needed I’m setting up a memorial fund for Dad. I’m having a bit of a hang up because a death certificate is needed. It’s taking a bit for the certificate. I should have it set up by Monday.

Natalie

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Comment:  I know many of you are interested in this, so I'll keep you up to date.

Gordy

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From Walter Simberski:-

Gordy - Thanks for the reply regarding the definition of casting plane. I definitely think Mac is on the right track with

the idea of the other planes being referred to collectively as casting planes. I especially like it because it provides a

way of differentiating between the mathematical concept of a plane and a casting plane. In mathematics a plane is

a two dimensional surface. In fly casting the things we call planes are approximations of mathematical planes.

 

We could say that casting planes are imaginary surfaces defined by the path or motion of a piece of equipment

or body part during some portion of a casting stroke that approximate a flat, or two dimensional, surface.

 

Examples of casting planes would then be:

 

Rod plane - the casting plane defined by the rod during a straight line cast, i.e. an imaginary surface that

the rod slides along during a straight line cast.

 

Line plane - the casting plane perpendicular to the rod plane that is defined by the line. Deviations of the line

from the line plane is one of the causes of tailing loops.

 

Thanks

 

Walter

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Walter.....

I happen to like that concept.  Mac is quick to point out that many casts such as the eliptical casts have non-planar components.

Gordy

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Another message from Walter:-

Gordy - I will have to look at Dec Hogan's Spey Casting video again. It may have been there or a in story that was related to me by Tim Rajeff or Chris Sepio

about Dec Hogan but Tom's Dump Cast was definitely given credit as the inspiration for the Snap-T. Dec and friends got the idea from watching Tom demonstrate

the dump cast during a trade show. I will follow up on this and get back to you.

 

Regards

 

Walter
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