"Jarmo Hurri" wrote in message
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I have a question to you, Mike. (It's actually a variant of the one I
posed to Jack above.) Is it more difficult to keep the line above the
rod tip in a perfectly vertical cast with a longer line? If so, why?
Is it just that the line has more time to drop below its initial
level. If not, what is required of the cast?


Not really, the timing is important, but not the time per se. The longer
the line, the more power required, and the more accurate the timing has to
be. People tend to let the line drop too much, often as a result of having
thrown it too low in the first place, and then try to compensate by adding
more power abruptly. This causes a tailing loop.

Too abrupt power application anywhere, will cause tailing loops. As will
dipping the rod tip.

"Snapping" can cause all sorts of problems.

Leraning to drift properly will help. Do a search on "Sexyloops", for
"Drift" and "Drifting". This takes any excess power out of the cast.

TL
MC