Corkscrew cast / "Zoomies & Thirbligs"

One description of the 1 3/4 rotation combined with forward motion of the rod tip in my making of the Corkscrew cast, might be to simply call it a SPIRAL movement of the casting hand followed by that of the rod tip.

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I was working on my Roll casting, Tom White style, during my practice today. I know that Stroke has a lot to do with my rollcast. in getting the rod loaded. What I did not know was how much the micro haul had to do with getting the line speed up. I worked with my timing on my haul keeping it very short. Just to match the rod's tip in travel during recovery, Short and fast. To my smile was added some Grin. I know that Tom's long arms has nothing to do with his 100 ft rollcast when he put his arms in side his shirt and make the cast with just his hands out. So I worked on keeping very tight to the body looking for what it took. I would make a normal forward cast with 45 ft of line out. Watching just my hands. Then dropped my stroke and arc to less than normal. Of course I had to add the line speed with a haul. Not getting the deep rod load because I did not have the line pulling out behind me. I made up with more SPEED over a short haul.

This was Self-teaching by extremes. Changing one thing at a time from too much to too little. I was able to find just how many "Zoomies"* it took to do what I wanted. I set the boundaries that I needed to meet. Then worked on the variables. This is what you gave in your Corkscrew Cast. You set the boundaries, I had to find my own Zoomies*.

I can not tell you to put 14 zoomies into the back cast as you would not covert that into something you knew until you made several cast and found out what your zoomie rate was. Not really measurable, You can't see them, you know that their are there. As an instructor you can set the boundaries only. zoomies come from practice.

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Yes. Whenever someone would accuse Tom White of making those incredible casts by virtue of his having long arms, he'd place his arm under his shirt allowing only his wrist and hand to stick out at the collar and make another super cast. They'd then say, "well it's because you are so tall". He'd respond by lying supine on the grass and do another one almost as far !

Sometimes, as I try to pick apart a cast like the Corkscrew Cast, I'm reminded of the Gilbriths. This professorial couple taught that in industry, one could pick apart the motion sequence of a factory worker and reduce this to specific movements..... the fewer the better to efficiently accomplish a task. The students at the Wharton School of Business, described each of these movements as, "ONE THIRBLIG". (Thirblig is Gilbrith spelled backwards.)

So, now, perhaps the writer of a new book on casting could reduce each cast to a series of ZOOMIES and THIRBLIGS !