"daytripper" wrote in message
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On Sun, 6 Feb 2005 22:55:07 +0100, "riverman" wrote:


"rw" wrote in message
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Eric wrote:
Hi..

I don't understand how you get 2 yards casting distance for every yard
you walk out from shore.

More room for the backcast?



Yep. You gain a yard of distance because you are a yard deeper. And you
get
another yard of line out because you're a yard further from the trees. So
your casts reach 2 yards farther out for every yard deeper you wade.

Hmmm...."I don't think so, Tim"

That extra yard of backcast is the same yard when it's in front of you...

/daytripper (sorry ;-)


That's correct. And you are delivering that extra yard of backcast from a
position further out in the river.
Look at it this way. If there are trees right against the bank, you have to
be standing 5 yards from shore to reach 10 yards into the river. If you step
another yard further out, you are 6 yards out, and you can reach 12 yards
from shore. 1 yard further out = 2 yards gain.

--riverman (sorry :-)