On Oct 23, 9:30 am, "asadi" wrote:
"beach_snookin" wrote in message

ups.com...

I've been learning to flycast for about a week now and am having
success at short distances, but after several minutes of casting, my
tapered, 10 lb. 8 ft leader becomes severely twisted and knotted.
After straightening it out, the tapered end is permanently crimped. I
know this can't be right and must be severly weakening the leader
material.

Can anyone point to a likely flaw in my casting technique that would
cause this?

thanks in advance.

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I think the answer lies in the power response earlier. I am not
really having trouble forming
nice loops most of the time, in fact a lot of the times, my loops
tail, or tangle with itself at the
end of the cast. Granted, I am not casting very far, but with 20 or
30 feet of line out, I can pick up
the line, make a few false casts with some nice loops and lay it back
down again. I practice this for
about 15-20 minutes and my leader tip is a mess.