"bge" wrote in message
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In article ,
"Fred Lebow" wrote:

I would initially forget about hauling until you have the basics-
the 11:00 stop, 1:00stop , 11:00 stop and down to point at your fly -
rhythm and pattern down and the line is constantly
in the air either forming the back loop or unfurling for the front loop

11-1-11 huh? How fast is your rod? I dont know how well that would work
with a slow dry fly rod??

I cast both Med/Fast composite fly rods and slow Bamboo fly rods. I do make
the stop on the backcast at 1:00 sometimes at 12:30 with either a Med/Fast
or Bamboo slow rod. On the forward cast I stop the Med/Fast composite rod
at 11:00, and with the Bamboo slow rod I stop the cast at 10:00. I tried
stopping the Bamboo rod at 11:00, it does produce tighter loops, but it also
results in line tangle (sometimes). I would rather zero line tangle error
stopping the rod at 10:00 on the forward cast.

The slow bamboo fly rod has tested my skills as a caster and delicate dry
fly presenter. It really teaches you the correct casting stroke, not to say
you couldn't learn it on a composite fly rod.
Many times I have handed my bamboo fly rod to a descent composite fly rod
caster and they can't cast the line.
On the other hand I haven't met a bamboo fly rod caster who couldn't cast a
composite fly rod.
fwiw,
-tom