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Slack when starting the cast off the water is a pretty common culprit in my classes. I also notice that new casters have difficulty timing the back cast into a tail wind (slower unfurling than the front cast) which generally results in coach whipping (another way to apply power unevenly to the rod).
May 25, 2021
Good read Carl. Always good to revisit this stuff. :-)
April 03, 2019
Worth the read just to for the sentence… “With many (explanations) disappearing down the tailing loop rabbit hole only to emerge out their own butt.” Obviously one of those “look around” moments when your tangled backcast flutters down at your feet, or hear the sickening sound of fly and line colliding with each other.
April 03, 2019
All correct, Carl. To carry it a bit further (yes, I am an engineer, but I promise no heavy physics), the culprit is momentum. Momentum has a direction associated with it. So when the rod tip moves downward, pulling on the flyline, then the line gains momentum toward the ground. Further on in the stroke, if the rod tip climbs, then the line near the rod tip will gain some momentum toward the sky. Upon stopping/unloading the flyrod, the loop forms with upward momentum. A great portion of the flyline (particularly the section closest to the leader) is remembering the earlier downward momentum, while the portion where the loop was created wants to follow the upward momentum.
The tip gives instructions to the flyline which is following it. Early on, it says “go down, go down!” Later in the stroke, it says “go up, go up!” And we get the resultant shape that Carl drew. Normally what we are striving for is a straight-line path of the rod tip — which leads to all of the momentum telling the line to travel directly toward our target.
February 19, 2019
Beautifully distilled piece of advice. Nicely put.
February 13, 2019
Gjorde Andjemovic has done a superb job on these flies. Unquestionably the best I’ve ever seen from a professional tier, and there have been several unsuccessful attempts that just don’t achieve the ‘look’ I like for these designs. Djorde has the proportions spot-on. Almost indestructible ties on great hooks. I seriously couldn’t tie them better. In fact I’ve odered a couple of boxes for myself.
February 13, 2019
Well and clearly stated Carl. Are you hinting at an update of Casts That Catch Fish?!
February 13, 2019
Number 2 has always puzzled me
I believe no one shortens their arc on the presentation cast.
Instead they have a well learned and fairly fixed casting arc. On the last backcast slip some line and then tail the forward cast,
February 13, 2019
Great explanation.. especially like the graphics!
thanks!
February 13, 2019
Another cause I have heard described is when my back cast is not equal to my forward cast. So if my back cast is to 10 and my forward cast goes beyond 2 then I tend to get a wide arc which causes a tailing loop. What are your thoughts on this?
February 13, 2019
Always the best in casting instruction. Carl is a true casting guru and has been a constant light in slaying the darkness in all things fly.
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Paul Brown
November 23, 2021
Clear, concise and knowledgeable explanation from one of the masters of the craft.