Walter & Group.......
On lesson plans, from Tony Loader :-
Hi Gordy,
The last few days have been a real eye opener on
leaders, leading to the following questions.
Have you or anyone in
the group made tapered furled leaders from GsP, such as Spider Wire or
Power Pro? If so what would they concider the benefits over mono or
fluoro, if any?
Regards
Pat Blackwell
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Roll cast – Lesson Plan
Aim:
To make a static roll cast
Description: A cast which uses the
resistance of the leader and that part of the fly line lying on the water
surface in front of the caster, to help load the rod.
Utility:
To fish in places with limited back cast room.
To lift heavy flies and/or sinking lines to the
surface
To commence an overhead cast after stripping a fly close (roll cast
pick-up)
Method: Pull about 30 ft of line off the reel with the free hand.
Holding the free (line) hand above the handle, with the tip of the rod pointing downwards, shake the rod slowly from side to side. The freed line should slide down the guides onto the water or ground. This works best over water since the surface tension gives you more resistance to work against.
Slowly sweep the rod tip behind you and then flick it forwards. The flyline should pick up, flick forwards and land in a straight line. This is actually your first roll cast.
With rod tip almost touching the water surface, remove any slack line
with line hand then trap the line under the second finger of the rod hand. Keep
the other hand close to the rod hand with the thumb
up.
Tilt the rod outwards about 10 degrees off the vertical casting
plane.
Sweep the rod tip behind you and
raise the tip smoothly to a position slightly behind vertical, so as to move
some line across the water towards you and position the line hanging from the
rod tip in a loop (the D-loop), just outside your shoulder. Rod hand should be
close to your ear.
Aim at a point inside the fly line lying on the
water.
Make a casting stroke as for the overhead cast i.e. downward movement of
the elbow and forearm as for a “karate chop”. Lead by lowering the elbow then
move the forearm toward the target and flick the wrist at the stop, to flip the
loop off the rod tip. Ensure the tip tracks a straight line path during this
acceleration.
Stop the
rod abruptly at about 45 degrees by momentarily squeezing the rod butt and then
immediately relaxing the hand.
Point
the thumb into the elliptical loop which should form and roll forward with
sufficient momentum to peel the line off the water surface and turn over the
leader fully.
“Follow
through” by lowering the rod tip to the water as the leader
straightens.
Exercises:
Explain, Demonstrate and answer any questions 5 mins
Student practices cast
5mins
Revision. Discussion on student performance.
(student
to explain principles for reinforcement)
5 mins
Further
practice by student
5 mins
Further
discussion and faults demonstration
5 mins
Further
practice by student
5 mins
Summary
and preview of next lesson
5 mins
Notes: The roll cast stroke must be made with more power than an overhead cast so as to overcome the friction of the line peeling off the water.
The more line on the water the more power will be
required.
The more line in the D-loop, the more the rod will load. Reach further
back with the rod to place more line behind for longer
casts.
Maintain the rod angle backward of vertical, until the wrist flick. The
starting position of the rod for the forward stroke determines the available
directions for the loop. Rod vertical at the start of the power application
means you can only make a downward loop. Rod tilted backward of vertical enables
you to choose upward or downward paths for the loop.
The longer the stroke and the more line in the D-Loop, the easier the
roll cast becomes.
The more abrupt the stop, the tighter the loop.
Errors:
Commencing the stroke from rod vertical – Shortens available stroke. Cast
can only be made downwards.
Commencing the forward stroke too soon – Insufficient line in the D-loop
to load the rod properly. Cast collapses in front.
Convex tip path rather than SLP - Big loop. Distance
reduced.
Casting across the anchored line – fly tangles in rod leg of
loop.
Stopping the rod too low – loop is driven into the
water.
Stopping the rod too high – loop is thrown upwards rather than
horizontally.
Too much line on the water or too little power in the stroke – Cast
collapses
Take this home: The roll cast is simply an overhead casting stroke commenced
(Tony Loader)
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Tony...
One brief comment: If you are going to include times of performance, then I think you should consider times for each part of the course.
As I read this, I'm left wondering if by METHOD you mean demonstration, description, power point presentation, video, or student participation. Same comment about UTILITY and ERRORS.
Your format and ideas are good..... but it leaves me wondering exactly what is going to go on with this class (?)
Gordy
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Question from Pat Blackwell:
Hi Gordy,
The last few days have been a real eye opener on
leaders, leading to the following questions.
Have you or anyone in
the group made tapered furled leaders from GsP, such as Spider Wire or
Power Pro? If so what would they concider the benefits over mono or
fluoro, if any?
Regards
Pat
Blackwell
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Pat .... I have not. Perhaps others have. My rhetorical answer would be in the form of this question: What would you be trying to accomplish ?
As Tom White would have said: "List the advantages and disadvantages." As you said, "consider the benefits......"
Gordy
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