Open mouth fly-casting technique

[Tom Nakashima]

Greetings,
Years ago (late 60's), I was watching the Wide World of Sports and Curt
Gowdy was hosting a fishing/ fly casting show, where a gentleman used an
open mouth casting technique. I was a kid at the time, so I can't remember
much other than he put the line in his mouth during the duration of the
front and back movements, and opened his mouth on the forward cast to
release. I also do remember Gowdy saying he was a champion in distance
casting for accuracy. Does anyone here remember the fisherman's name, or
anything about the open mouth casting technique? Any links would be
helpful.
-tom

[Don Phillipson]

"Tom Nakashima" > wrote in message
...

> Years ago (late 60's), I was watching the Wide World of Sports and Curt
> Gowdy was hosting a fishing/ fly casting show, where a gentleman used an
> open mouth casting technique. I was a kid at the time, so I can't
remember
> much other than he put the line in his mouth during the duration of the
> front and back movements, and opened his mouth on the forward cast to
> release. I also do remember Gowdy saying he was a champion in distance
> casting for accuracy. Does anyone here remember the fisherman's name, or
> anything about the open mouth casting technique? Any links would be

I am sure at least one of Joe Brooks's books
mentions this, probably in connection with
shooting heads and stripping baskets.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

[riverman]

"Tom Nakashima" > wrote in message
...
> Greetings,
> Years ago (late 60's), I was watching the Wide World of Sports and Curt
> Gowdy was hosting a fishing/ fly casting show, where a gentleman used an
> open mouth casting technique. I was a kid at the time, so I can't
> remember
> much other than he put the line in his mouth during the duration of the
> front and back movements, and opened his mouth on the forward cast to
> release. I also do remember Gowdy saying he was a champion in distance
> casting for accuracy. Does anyone here remember the fisherman's name, or
> anything about the open mouth casting technique? Any links would be
> helpful.
> -tom
>

I don't know the episode you are talking about, but this sounds like the
typical way to cast if you don't have a stripping basket. You make large
loops and hold them in your mouth, pulling them free as you false cast. On
the last doublehaul, you just drop the mouthful at the perfect time. I use
it occasionally, but I always worry about stuff in the surface film that
gets on the line..

--riverman

[riverman]

"Tom Nakashima" > wrote in message
...
> Greetings,
> Years ago (late 60's), I was watching the Wide World of Sports and Curt
> Gowdy was hosting a fishing/ fly casting show, where a gentleman used an
> open mouth casting technique. I was a kid at the time, so I can't
> remember
> much other than he put the line in his mouth during the duration of the
> front and back movements, and opened his mouth on the forward cast to
> release. I also do remember Gowdy saying he was a champion in distance
> casting for accuracy. Does anyone here remember the fisherman's name, or
> anything about the open mouth casting technique? Any links would be
> helpful.
> -tom
>

I don't know the episode you are talking about, but this sounds like the
typical way to cast if you don't have a stripping basket. You make large
loops and hold them in your mouth, pulling them free as you false cast. On
the last doublehaul, you just drop the mouthful at the perfect time. I use
it occasionally, but I always worry about stuff in the surface film that
gets on the line..

--riverman