I'm not a certified instructor, but I help them sometimes in clinics. A
friend teaches a twist that's too late for me to shake my old bad habits
on, but I recommend it to beginners. All of us learned to cast facing
forward, "Orvis" style. If its not too late, learn to cast sideways,
that is across your body. Right handed? Turn your left side to the
target. This allows you to look back and see your backcast. 'Cause
whatever your backcast is doing, that's where your cast is going. You
have the backcast under control and going straight back and a little up
with a loop that's allowed to straighten, and that's probably what your
cast will do. Pull out too soon, or add a big arc, or whatever, and
you'll be fighting all the way thru your cast. You don't have to cast
this way all the time, but be accomplished enough to check yourself
whenever you feel its not right.
Jack
Austin
Steve Brettell wrote:
Yeah, when I was learning to cast, my instructor said to recite a
little mantra on the back cast, like "[whatever town you live in] is
great". This adds time to your backcast, allowing the line to
straighten out. Around my house, even the lakes are small, and dark.
Usually too choked up with algae and other weeds to do very well on
the surface at all. I mainly fish from the bank. The biggest bass I
caught was in a little creek about 10 feet wide. It was about a five
lb. fish, caught on a zonker with about a six inch tail.
