Chuck, If you have access to a video camera...have someone video you or set it up on a tripod. It will help you see where you need work.
Something you want to work on while you're practicing is hauling and double-hauling, i.e., pre-loading the cast with a strong pull of line by your non-casting hand just before the back-cast and fore-cast. Off subject- I'm working on setting up another trip to Loreto in Aug. No way to practice for that- casting heavy salt-flies in every direction and at every distance to streaking dorado while standing on the bow of a panga that's bobbing up and down like a big cork in the surf. One main effort while casting is minding the slack line. If you get 'took', the slack is gone in a second, and any hang-up means a lost fish from a snapped leader. Worse yet is when the line wraps the back end of the reel or the rod-butt and the dorado jerks the rod right out of your hand. I know of two guys this happened to. Kiss about $1200 good-bye. Hasn't happened to me yet, but I'm wary to it and have a death-grip on the rod during the hook-up. DonO ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck Alexander" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 22, 2006 9:50 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] Casting heavy flies > Thanks to everybody on the casting tips.. I think I'll start using these > "fishing but not catching" days as "heavy fly casting practice" days.. > Thanks, Chuck > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Anthony Spezio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, December 22, 2006 10:16 AM > Subject: RE: [VFB] Casting heavy flies > > > > Allan, > > You covered it, what I should of said when I said > > "slow down the cast" did not mean a soft (slow) rod. > > It meant to "SLOW" down the action of the cast. In > > other words, give the line time it straighten out on > > the back cast and the fwd cast. The heavy fly will > > travel slower so more time is needed for the line to > > straighten out. With all of this, the line can't loose > > the speed it needs to stay straight so timing comes > > into the problem. If the cast is brought fwd too soon, > > you might get a tailing loop with a big tangle or a > > hit on the back of the head . If the rod is dropped > > too soon on the fwd cast, the line will flop down in a > > pile. The same thing can happen if the line speed is > > lost. > > I cast somewhat different than some others, I still > > get the line out and the fly where I want it. To me , > > that is what counts. > > Tony > > --- Allan Fish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> >so tony is a slow action rod better that a fast > >> action rod?and how can one > >> >tell?if a person is fishing with a hook size of 6 > >> to say20 do you need a > >> >fast action rod. > >> > >> I'm not Tony, but I'm sure he will agree that > >> neither a slow rod nor > >> a fast rod is "better" than the other. > >> They just take slightly different casting styles. > >> Some people prefer > >> a fast rod. Some people prefer a slow rod. A lot > >> of people cast > >> either type equally well. > >> > >> In reality, they shouldn't be called "slow" and > >> "fast", since that > >> gives a bad connotation. They should more > >> appropriately be called > >> 'soft action' and 'firm action'. Often they are > >> called 'parabolic* > >> action' and 'tip action'. *parabolic because when > >> the rod flexes the > >> entire length, it becomes a parabola. > >> > >> I guess the "slow" moniker came up because you might > >> have to delay > >> your forward cast a milli-second or two longer with > >> a soft action rod > >> to allow it to 'load' properly. > >> > >> Allan, drifting slowly back under the overhanging > >> bank. > >> -- > >> Allan Fish > >> Greenwood, IN > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.15.26/597 - Release Date: 12/21/2006 > >
