"Tom Nakashima" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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"Mike Connor" wrote in message
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Also, using the right rod and line, it is possible to roll cast to 120
feet with a single handed rod, without too much difficulty.

Yes, special lines and rods of course you can do it, but and the but is,
can you do it with a conventional 6 wtf line and a 2 or 4 pc conventional
9' 6wt rod? On earth that is, not on the moon.


No.

There would be little point in using a WF line for distance roll casting in
any case. It wont work. One may only roll cast the head, without using
special tricks, like dynamic rolls, or the underhand cast already described.
It is also very difficult indeed to shoot much line into a standard roll
cast, although it can be done.

With a standard ninety foot DT, a 12 foot leader, and measuring from the
casters feet to the fly, it is possible to just reach 120 feet, roll casting
with a standard 9´rod, but you would probably need to use an #8 weight rod
at least, possibly overlined with a #9 or even #10 DT, and it is not easy.
The main problems being the speed of execution, and the power transfer along
the line.

Using a dynamic roll, a 35 foot head, and the appropriate shooting line, it
is not such a problem.

TL
MC