Re: [VFB] Chuck- casting

[mark romero]

Wow Chcuk, that IS a lot to be dealin' with. Good luck with every aspect of 
getting yourself back in tip top shape. When you do, "Come ON DOWN" Or up, 
or out, as the case may be, lol. Yeah, we got trout..............LMAO. You 
can set up a tent on my place and fish all spring and summer and fall, and 
never run outta fish to catch, and never leave the property except to be in 
the river or the brook. Naturally you'd want to check out the Catskills as 
completely as possible, but you could actually do that. The Rainbows are 
back in the Delaware by Aug. but the Browns and Brookies are around all 
year. And the no-kill sections of the rivers can be fished all year round. 
Again, good luck. mark

From: "Chuck Alexander" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: <vfb@troutnet.com>
To: <vfb@troutnet.com>
Subject: Re: [VFB] Chuck- casting
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 23:18:52 -0500
Mark; I wish I could... but for a while.. I am gonna be going to the doc
several times a week..I have had three bulging discs for yrs, but they are
getting worse, and now, about a month ago. I woke up, tried to get out of
bed, and my right hip gave out from under me, and I hit the floor... And
have done that several times since... I had it X-rayed and they said no
fractures, or dislocations, and I went last Thursday for a spinal epidural,
but had been taking aspirin for the pain cause nothing else would help it,
and they cannot do an epi within 72 hours of taking the last aspirin... So,
I have to be there this Thursday at 1pm of another try... Then, he is gonna
do a CT scan.. and if that don't show anything, an MRI will 
follow..Anyway..
I HOPE they get me some relief SOONER, rather than later, cause right now I
can't even drive the two miles to my fav "Honey Hole"  so my wife has to
drive me there... It's weird, cause sitting in my boat seat.. I can't even
feel the pain at all. But, soon as I stand up, or walk, or climb steps...
Ouchhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!! I'd  LOVE to visit that area, cause I
haven't been that way since I was a teenager... and I hear the Catskills 
are
Magnificent... I LOVE the mountains, which is why I never plan on moving 
off
Mt Cheaha where I now live....Do you have trout there??? I suppose (hope)
you do right??? I LOVE Blue Gill fishing, but I remember when I did do some
trout fishing at different places while in the Air Force, It was GREAT...
Anyway. Let me see what the doc says after this week, and then I'll know
better if the thing can even be helped, and if so, what needs to be done,
etc etc ... Than I'll let ya know something for sure.. Thanks a million,
Chuck

----- Original Message -----
From: "mark romero" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <vfb@troutnet.com>
Sent: Monday, June 27, 2005 10:45 PM
Subject: Re: [VFB] Chuck- casting


> Chuck, i have no idea where you live........but if you can get the time 
to
> get up here to the Catskills, (fly fishing Mecca), you ought to scrape
> together the bread to take a course at the Joan Wulff school. My wife 
and
i
> have taken the classes, and graduated the insturctors course as well, so
if
> you don't have the bread for her school, you can afford us, lol. And if
your
> broke, i'll help you for free. Just get here. mark.....
>
> >From: "DonO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-To: <vfb@troutnet.com>
> >To: <vfb@troutnet.com>
> >Subject: Re: [VFB] Chuck- casting
> >Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 09:30:39 -0600
> >
> >Chuck,
> >
> >If you cast straight overhead, then the belly (barb) will be in the
> >vertical
> >up position, like you do.  But side-casting allows the loop to lay out 
to
> >the side, and by the time the loop straightenes out, it is below the 
main
> >line.  The cause for wind knots is getting the 'point of the barb' (the
fly
> >and end of the leader) through the loop before it heads forward,
> >effectually
> >tying an overhand knot in the leader.
> >
> >  Just like hand-retreiving or reel retreiving, casting must be 
adjusted
to
> >the conditions we're fishing in.  If the wind is from the right, I cast
> >over
> >my left shoulder or with my left hand to avoid wind-knots.  If distance
is
> >the key, then I side-arm cast.  If I have to punch a fly into the wind, 
I
> >use Borger's 'hatchet-chop' style cast.  I still have yet to master the
> >saltwater shooting leader system- JerryG has to give me more lessons on
> >that.
> >
> >Casting can be as utilitarian as dropping a fly behind a bolder on a
trout
> >stream, or it can be raised to an art form like FFF master-casters can 
do
> >it.
> >
> >DonO
> >
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Chuck Alexander" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: <vfb@troutnet.com>
> >Sent: Monday, June 27, 2005 8:13 AM
> >Subject: Re: [VFB] My Tom Nixon book arrived!!
> >
> >
> > > This also brings out a question I have... When I cast my 
flyrod..I'll
> >try
> >to
> > > explain it since I didn't know if we are allowed to put in 
attachments
> >to
> > > emails here.. When I stop at the 1 o'clock postion, before the line
> >loads
> > > and starts to cast back forward.. If you took a snap shot of the 
line
at
> > > that point, it would look like a long shanked fish hook with the 
gape
> >and
> > > barb pointing UP.. But in one of those books I checked out at my 
local
> > > library, in that same snap shot (in the drawing in the book), the 
line
> >looks
> > > like a long shank hook with the gape and the barb pointing towards 
the
> > > ground, right before the line loads, straightens out, and comes
forward
> >with
> > > the cast..(In other words, in the book, the line loads from an under
> >then
> > > over position, but I load mine from an over then under position) 
Make
> > > sense??? Am I casting wrong???? Thanks in advance to anybody who may
be
> >able
> > > to answer this.., Chuck
> >
>
>