Jack, Let me add, when you cast this way, roll your body on the balls of your feet. Your while body will "roll" with the cast. "Rolling" on the balls of your feet in the river don't work well. LOL Tony --- Jack Lehman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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. > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Finding fabulous fares is fun. Let Yahoo! FareChase search your favorite travel sites to find flight and hotel bargains. http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097
