On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 17:28:17 +0200, Jarmo Hurri
wrote:

I'm not 100% sure of what you're trying to say, but in any case this
sounds very weird. Say you make your backcast at one o'clock (line
again, not rod), while wanting to make the frontcast at 10
o'clock. How are you going to get the rod loaded in the first place
during the forward cast? After the backcast the line will first go
up. If you start your forward cast directly from there, you can't get
the weight of the line against the rod. If you wait until the line is
at the right "level" it will no longer be straight but a puddle.

Or did I misunderstand this completely?

I've read a couple of books on casting, and I think that in those book
"pretty much everyone" thinks exactly the opposite. ;-)

At the SJ, Myron was saying that the forward cast *had* to mirror the
backcast, i.e. if you wanted your forward cast to go up your backcast had to
go down (the discussion started with talking about hitting the water on the
backcast). My statement was that the direction of either cast depended on what
direction the rod *tip* was moving when you did your "power stroke" or "speed
up and stop", whatever you call it. The front cast and back cast do not have
to mirror each other. As long as the tip of the line is moving when you start
the cast you (or at least Leftyg) can make the cast go pretty much any
direction you want.
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