"jimbo" wrote in message
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Very Interested in this topic. but using the lob from the opposite shoulder
quite successfully, but it has severe limitations.

...... When drift boat fishing, I don't need to
worry about casting cross-body to avoid snagging the guide, I really don't
care whether the "best" water is on the right or left, and when wading, I
can avoid a lot of backcast problems by simply using the riverside arm to
keep the majority of the cast over water.

So how bout the reel? Not easy to switch mid-stream so just have to get use
to using the reel "backwards"??

Do you find yourself getting a higher % setting the hook? I tend to over
react when setting the hook, something from the Steelhead days I think, but
I pulled quite a few flies out of the mouthes of fish at Penn's this
weekend.

Jim Ray