Walter& Group.........
A pearl from David Lambert......
Gordy:
re: Curved casts. I've noticed that a more aggressive leader taper
(fast reduction) facilitates the 'kick' as well -- as do short leaders.
I actually have not played with this as a fishing tool, but I do know
that a weighted fly, such as a clouser achieves similar results.
David
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
David....
Right on, "the money". This is why, when teaching curve casts, I have the student shorten the leader as well as having him/her use a stiff one. I, also, use a slightly weighted yarn fly tied on a hook with the bend and point clipped off. (The hook shank serves as the, "weight".)
This is, also, why when coaching candidates for the MCCI exam, I suggest using a 1" to 1.5" piece of yarn tied just like a regular fly on a # 12 - # 14 hook with the curve and most of the shank cut off for both practice and the test itself. This casts more like a real fly and, also, flips over better for curve and hook casts. Rick Whorwood gave me that idea years ago, and it was Lefty who pointed out to us that yarn flies tied to the tippet the way most do it, don't cast as well for a variety of cast maneuvers, especially for accuracy in wind. (As most of you know, I like to use one of three strands of 3-strand, "PACKAGE YARN" which I find at Hallmark stores especially near Christmas time.) I prefer white as It is easier for me to see for the accuracy tasks. Yellow is also a good color for both the candidate and the examiner to easily see.
Dennis Grant told me that he sometimes uses a popper when teaching the curves at his Atlantic Fly Fishing School in Nova Scotia. I've tried that and found he's right.... it works fine.
Gordy
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
From Bill Toone:
Gordy, Gary Borger in
his book Presentation describes
what he calls a ½ inch movement of the rod hand as a rebound from the over
flexing casting stroke movement. “To over flex the tip at the end of the stroke,
I stop the rod hard with a bouncing motion that jerks my hand back about ½
inch.” (pg 235) He also says under his figure 7.31 (pg 233) “at the end of
the stroke bounce the hand about ½ inch to over flex the rod tip”. I have
personally found this movement to be quite helpful in throwing overpowered curve
casts from vertical and off hand positions. Would you consider this
movement a mend or more a repositioning of the rod such as a forward
drift? Would you not allow this movement as part of an acceptable curve
cast for the MCCI? Isn’t this the same general idea as the back to
vertical wrist rebound after a left or right vertical curve cast?
Regards,
Bill Toone
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Bill...
This maneuver is especially valuable when making curve casts using a vertical rod plane. Less needed when using an overpowered curve cast made with the rod in the horizontal plane.
With our currrent definition of MEND as movement after the cast which repositions fly line, I would consider that a mend. What you are really doing is making a pre-determined mend as an assist to your rebound.
The rebound, itself, is not a mend, but your purposeful move to augment it, is.
Gordy
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Kirk Eberhard on TIDES :-
|
Hi Gordy,
I took your advice and looked up tide info on the
NOAA web site. I was able to get a one month tide table for April,
2008 at the location I wanted in the Bahamas. (I'll use it for
planning a bonefish trip.) 2007 tide predictions are already available,
2008 stuff requires an e-mail and I believe you can only get one
month without a charge. 2008 info will be available Oct/Nov. NOAA has 3000
sites with tide info. Of course there will be the wind and other factors
to consider. Thanks!
Kirk Eberhard
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | |||
|