Line answer / Salty tackle care / TFO Instructor rods

Walter & Group........

Note the two attachments.  They will make sense after reading the texts, below.

Gordy

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From Walter Simberski:

Gordy,

 

The opportunity to learn and exercise the knowledge we acquire through being part of this study group 

should be obvious to all involved.

 

I find the chance to see if my responses are well understood and to build self confidence to be of

equal value.

 

My response to this question, I felt, identified that there is no simple answer and that there are a LOT

of questions that need answering before a solution, if any, be found.

 

Perhaps a better answer would be to ask the student why they want to do this? If, as a I suspect,

the reason is pure economics then our job should be to point out that this is false economy and

to try and save everyone a lot of frustration and convince the student to get two lines. If they want

to use a single handed as well as a double handed rod there must be reasons for each. These

reasons alone should tell us that their fishing experience would be best enjoyed by getting two lines.

 

Cheers

 

Walter

 

 

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Liam Duffy's answer to the line quandry:

 

Hi Gordy,
             Glad to see the guys are so well informed, Rick hit the nail on the head first time.  Simple answer, A Double Taper line (all spey casting was done with a double taper untill the advent of purpose designed spey lines) and while not as efficient as current spey lines are, in fact, the best lines to learn with as they REALLY show up mistakes I.E. overpowering, bad timing, "snatching"(improper power application) misaligned "D" loop and/or anchor, etc
Best Regards,
Liam

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Bill Toone asked some questions about taking care of fly tackle after using in salt water.  He didn't actually intend for this to be a Study Group issue, but having not visited this for a couple of years I thought I'd place my answer to him in attachment # 1.

 

Gordy

 

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On TFO Instructor rod program from David Lambert  (Read, then see attachment 2. ):-

 

Gordy and Group:

Didn't know if many of the CCIs and MCCIs know that Rick Pope and TFO

make teaching fly rod that is available primarily to FFF certified

instructors--a yellow-jacket yellow, highly visible medium fast rod in

various weights and lengths, including a 9-wt 14-foot. At $50, it's an

expensive, but very useful too. I've used one for years; in fact, I

tested for my MCCI with it.

Rick said pass this on as I see fit, so I'm attaching the order form.

That said, have I missed a string that talks about specialty instructing

tools? I use a pen-sized laser pointer on a wall-ceiling joint to help

better casters with tracking and wrist control. It's unforgiving tool,

but very useful to show creep, soft wrists, wrist rolls, and controlled

stops, etc.

Thanks for orchestrating these comments for us, Gordy. Always

interesting; always instructive.

David Lambert

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