Thoughts on Casting by Lefty Kreh

"CB" wrote in message
...
I saw this on Dan Blanton's site the other day and thought I'd
pass it
along. http://www.danblanton.com/Messages/4561.html

Chris Brown

Lefty does have an unusual casting style, but it works. When I
learned to fly cast they advocated holding a book under your
casting arm and they had a wrist strap to keep you from bending
your wrist. My god it was a wonder I ever learned to cast. One
of the most important things I learned was there is no difference
between the foreword cast and the back cast. I used to start
casting thirty feet of line and slowly rotating under the cast
until I had made a complete revolution under the cast while
keeping the line going in the same direction. This convinced me
there was no difference and made me a better caster.
Ernie


I agree! Made sense to me, but not to most of the people I've guided.
Maybe it's me, maybe it's them (I vote for the latter). Maybe most of
the people I've taught just don't care or aren't paying attention. I
get frustrated when I think of how many times I've seen Lefty teach
little girls almost cast the length of a fly line!

-pw
Paul Williamson
Livingston, MT
please use "paulwilliamson at spamcop.net" for e-mail
thanks


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