On Mar 21, 10:48 pm, "Tom Littleton" wrote:
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Good advice, if you want to be just like all the other stupid
unthinking dumbos who can´t cast, and know virtually nothing about
their equipment or how to use it, much less how to catch fish.

You know why 5% of the anglers catch 95% of the fish? Because that
95% of anglers who consistently fail are just as stupid and ignorant
as this lot.

MC

wrong, very much so.......95% simply don't understand the quarry, and don't
put the time into learning. I have lobbed flies at trout and bass for a few
decades now, and can assure you, and any other damned soul that will listen,
that "casting skill" accounts for a VERY small percentage of angling
success. Presentation involves so much more than distance casting or show
casting. Mostly, it involves getting to the sweet spot where the actual cast
is EASY, and avoiding being seen or heard by the fish. Stream fisherman(and
I am very aware that other skill-sets come into play for flats fishing,
float-tube fishing, lake fishing,etc)
would be very well served by Tim's advice.
Tom

Oh I agree with that entirely. The point is, using matched heads
makes casting a lot easier, not more difficult. Nor is it necessary
to know anything at all about it.My pupils are not given any casting
theory at all until after they have passed their mandatory casting
tests. And even then only if they ask for it. I am the only
instructor who has never had a pupil fail the test, in over twenty
years.

I did not mention distance casting here. I concentrated on specific
techniques which specifically do not require distance.

Whatever..............

TL
MC