Marking lines / CONGRATULATIONS ! / Answers

Walter & Group.......

From Michael Jones:

On marking Lines:

I have used Lefty's nail-knot markers to help distinguish the exact length of line I need out of the rod prior to my final shoot.  I use 4X tippet, make about 6-7 wraps, and cover the nail knot with gap forming Zap-a-Gap.  This works well for 'tactile' (touch) feel of the running line length, without any adverse affects to the shoot.

I also have placed one of these nail knots on a floating line about 1 foot before the nail knot to teach proper landing techniques to newby fly fishers that pull-in too much line.  "Feel for the first bump!"  This can be done easily stream-side.

Michael J.

 

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Michael..

 

The, "feel the first bump knot" for beginners landing fish is a clever idea when used for that purpose !  I learned something there.

 

One never knows who actually may have been the first to come up with a technique, a cast, or a knot...... so I don't claim credit for "inventing" the nail knot at the back of the head.   Years ago, however, it was I who showed it to Lefty.

 

I tried the Zap-a-Gap, too ..... but then I couldn't slide the knot to different positions beyond the back of the head as the caster got more proficient and began to be able to carry more line with high speed and good loops when teaching distance casting. 

 

I didn't find that it made any real difference in the length of the shoot ...... and I like the idea that it clicks in the guides in the event the caster missed feeling it when false casting.

 

Gordy

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CONGRATULATIONS DUE !     >From Rick Whorwood :-

 

Hi Gordy

Pete Humphreys passed his masters this evening in Mich, under Bruce R. and John V.

This give Pete all three certs. one of only a few in the east.

Rick

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Bruce Richards' answer to the question on colored/tinted/reflective leaders used for testing.  (His ans. is similar to mine.) :-

 

I would have no issue with such a leader and can't imagine any other

examiner would either...

******Examiners will have no opinion on what leader you use, as long as it
meets the requirements. Honestly, they won't care, and most if not all have
used their own tied leaders, and factory leaders, and know they all work
just fine. Blue color won't be an issue. If you want to avoid possible
questions, just use a clear leader

Bruce

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This is the best set of answers I found for our 6 questions on the table.... from Ally Gowans :-

Hi Gordy,

 

My tuppence worth of answers!

 

COMMENT:   Here's the way I see it:  How do you help convert someone who is casting in an inefficient manner while fishing, etc. to the more efficient way of casting that he can do when teaching, doing a demo. or testing ?

1.)  Should you try to convert him at all ?

If the person is wearing an FFF CI badge, yes!

2.)  If so, HOW ?

By persuasion. The credibility of the badge depends on all of us demonstrating best practice and behaviour at all times and if one of us is casting badly for no good reason it reflects on all of us. We owe it to each other to keep up the standard and image.

Another question on the table for you Masters :-

3.) How long did you take between being certified (CCI) and passing your MCCI exam ?

One day.

4.) Jeff Barefoot's question on the analogy between the actlon of a BOW and that of a FLY ROD.

A bow is a good example of pure potential energy and since a line is propelled by a combination of potential and kinetic energy (which is by far the largest proportion) I can’t imagine that I would normally use the analogy of a bow or a catapult. But I won’t say never because it sometimes takes obscure analogies to get the penny to drop with a student. Throwing an apple or a potato from a stick is a good analogy if you can find a modern day person who has done either!

5.)  Last question, from Jim Valle :   (On granting credit where it may be due..... G. )

I think that where credit is rightfully due it should be given. In a lot of what we are interested in quotations are taken from persons who have written about something but who neither claim credit or expect credit for repeating or describing something discovered or invented by others unknown. In music they call such compositions “traditional” and copyright does not exist for them. Was the Belgian cast invented by a Belgian? (We know how the name came about.) Did the Galway cast actually originate in Galway? Who invented the Spey cast and the Planet cast? I doubt if anyone knows the answers for sure. The Greeks and Romans wrote of fly fishing 100AD did they Belgian cast? One can imagine that over millennia thousands of people have brandished rods and lines in a huge variety of different ways, thank goodness that they didn’t each claim a name for the cast they made!

Best wishes,

Ally Gowans

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COMMENT:   As many of you know, Ally has spent most of his adult life as a professional fly casting teacher of highest caliber.  This explains how he was able to pass his MCCI exam one day after his CCI.

THIS IS NOT RECOMMENDED FOR MERE MORTALS LIKE ME !   Near as I can figure from the responses, an average time between exams was 3 yrs.

Take your time to do this.

Gordy

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