Walter & Group.........
Feedback from Jerry Puckett on LESSON PLANS :
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Thanks Group,
Most excellent suggestions. I am going to spend some time and rework the lesson plan and go more in detail and depth. I did included several handouts and one was terms and definitions but introduce them only on a bases I felt would add understanding.
This area on the Bear River was tight with no open grass areas upon which to practice. Had everyone pantomime the FCS with both hands while we talked safety issues. They were to pantomime when I pantomimed with me making corrections. After 30 minutes of this they were grooving and it paid off on the river! Several did not have a wader belt and were unaware of safe wading techniques as well as many safety issues. Very important way to start!
Had a nice tributary to the main stream and started with the tension cast followed by the roll cast( first time doing this) and made the point that they could fish all day with these two casts. Also worked on mends at this early juncture then moved across an island to the main body of river water and work on the overhead cast and the pick-up and lay down cast. Covered everything on the outline including mends and reach cast. Had a lady begging to learn the double haul and with her solid FCS succeeded in doing so to her great joy as well as mine. It was the double haul dance that cemented her understanding. Not bad dancing in river!
They which made itself well known is to have your outline down pat so that adjusting to conditions is easier. Can truthfully say if I had not taken the time to think this one through I would have probably been overwhelmed with the range being kids and to those my close to my age. Was also working with two folk who wanted to work on their CCI. Told them to jump right in and teach and they did a great job. (added my two cents after the day was over and thanked them for their most excellent teaching).
I am going to spend some time with these helpful suggestions and start making a complete set of lessons plans ranging from the young to the old, individual as well as group lessons.
I will try and detail every aspect so someone could pick up the lesson plan and fill in if I were abducted by river aliens!
This turn out to be one of the best days I have had teaching and the lesson plan was the foundation.
Thanks guys for taking the time to share. It is well received and appreciated. I have a lot to work with and shall tighten this lesson plan as well as the ones to come.
Happy
Jerry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From Bruce Richards on leaders for big game ( and leader theory ) :
Thanks Gordy. I learned about this issue when I first started fishing tarpon tournaments back in the early 80s. Conventional wisdom said leader butts had to be stiff, and I knew that 40 lb. was certainly strong enough. Well, 40 lb. stiff mono didn't work very well, so I started experimenting. Using what I knew about line design lead me to high mass, low stiffness butts, and they worked very well. I also made some "poly" leaders, clear PVC coated monofilament that exactly followed the taper of the fly line. They worked extremely well, but it was still necessary to add class and shock tippets and there was no easy way to make the connection... Bruce Scientific Anglers/3M 4100 James Savage Rd. Midland, MI 48642 USA Tel: 989-496-1113 Fax: 989-496-3374 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ String of messages on the COAXIAL CABLE LOOP : Max.....
Lefty was kind enough to
send my your attachment on the coaxial loop.
As best I can understand
this, one threads the GsP through the braided nylon, then turns it and
makes a loop the bitter end of which is passed back through the braided
nylon, then glued.
Am I correct about that
?
In you last picture, you
show an overhand knot not pulled tight. Is this part of the process
?
Lastly: Could you
give us an idea of the size of the braided nylon which will work best with
the 50 lb. Spectra GsP material we're using ?
Thanks
!
Gordy
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Max's answer:
From: Max Garth
[mailto:max.garth@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 12:50 AM To: Gordon Hill Cc: Leftyfish@xxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Loop for Gel spun backing Yes thats it, and the braided mono is 20lb clear gudebrod, its only
there to protect the GsP from runners etc, and of course to allow a splice
in the unsplicable GsP braided line. The glue is Loctite 406 and these
days it might be ideal to get some Loctite 707 oxidiser which makes sure
that the glue actually sticks to the GsP.
If you are in touch with Lefty, you might inform him about the new
hollow Spectra available from www.bhptackle.com and they have a
glue/oxidiser system that could be interesting.
I'm playing around with splicing these hollow GsP braids in 60 and
80lb and the braiding formula is definitely a lot tighter than the general
run of GsP braids. I count at least 12 carriers,like GsP yarn bundles. And
the 406 glue seems to be either a different formula or doesn't like the
very tigfht braid. I'm going to talk to Stewart McPherson at Australian
Monofil to see if he can tell me whats going on.
I'll send this to "Himself" anyway.
The loop is there only for asthetic purposes, it isn't in the braided
loop. Thanks for the mail, have fun with it.
MaxG. |