A lesson with Lefty

On Wed, 18 Jan 2006 07:07:47 -0800, "Tom Nakashima"
wrote:

The International Sportsmen Expo this past weekend was pretty darn good for
me. I finally got to meet Lefty Kreh in person and watch his demonstration.
He put to rest a lot of questions I've had and some of the questions that
were asked in roff. Lefty is quite a character and for his age of 81, his
senses and skills are still very keen.

I'm going to the Atlanta show this weekend and he'll be there. I finally got to
meet him last year and got him to autograph one of his books that I 'just
happened' to have with me. g I still don't have the nerve to volunteer to be a
casting 'lesson', though - good for you that you did.
--
Charlie...
http://www.chocphoto.com

"Charlie Choc" wrote in message
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On Wed, 18 Jan 2006 07:07:47 -0800, "Tom Nakashima"

wrote:

The International Sportsmen Expo this past weekend was pretty darn good
for
me. I finally got to meet Lefty Kreh in person and watch his
demonstration.
He put to rest a lot of questions I've had and some of the questions that
were asked in roff. Lefty is quite a character and for his age of 81, his
senses and skills are still very keen.

I'm going to the Atlanta show this weekend and he'll be there. I finally
got to
meet him last year and got him to autograph one of his books that I 'just
happened' to have with me. g I still don't have the nerve to volunteer
to be a
casting 'lesson', though - good for you that you did.
--
Charlie...
http://www.chocphoto.com

Charlie,
you can approach Lefty at the TFO booth if you don't want to confront him in
front of a crowd. It's good sometimes to get constructive criticism and find
out where you stand with your casting.
Last year I met Steve Rajeff.
About me, if I can benefit from it, I'm going to do it, regardless what
others may think.
-tom

On Thu, 19 Jan 2006 06:37:34 -0800, "Tom Nakashima"
wrote:

Charlie,
you can approach Lefty at the TFO booth if you don't want to confront him in
front of a crowd. It's good sometimes to get constructive criticism and find
out where you stand with your casting.

I talked to him last year at the TFO booth and he had me try out an 8wt. He
didn't have anything really bad to say, but I'm not sure how much attention he
was paying. g He also spent some time in one of the local fly shop's booth
signing autographs. He was on the schedule to give a photography talk but for
some reason it didn't happen the day I was there.
--
Charlie...
http://www.chocphoto.com

"Charlie Choc" wrote in message
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On Thu, 19 Jan 2006 06:37:34 -0800, "Tom Nakashima"

wrote:

Charlie,
you can approach Lefty at the TFO booth if you don't want to confront him
in
front of a crowd. It's good sometimes to get constructive criticism and
find
out where you stand with your casting.

I talked to him last year at the TFO booth and he had me try out an 8wt.
He
didn't have anything really bad to say, but I'm not sure how much
attention he
was paying. g He also spent some time in one of the local fly shop's
booth
signing autographs. He was on the schedule to give a photography talk but
for
some reason it didn't happen the day I was there.
--
Charlie...
http://www.chocphoto.com

The thing I like about Left Kreh is that he's a great instructor and
communicator with both novice and experienced casters. There's always
something he can point out even if it's the slightest. I went home and
tried out some of the things from his lecture, it really works.

Oh, to get memory coils out of the line, his demo was standing on the line
and pulling up with both hands stretching the line ever so slightly as you
work through the reel.

The other is the roll cast. Most casters aren't bringing the line in far
enough before they make the cast. His rule of thumb, if you can't touch the
end of the line (minus the leader and tippet) with your rod tip, you're not
in far enough. Sure enough I tried it and I easily put out a 50' rollcast.
No other experienced caster told me this, but now that I see it, it's as
plain as day.

Most of the other principals I already knew, so I won't even go there, but
it's good to get a reminder.
-tom

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The other is the roll cast. Most casters aren't bringing the line in far
enough before they make the cast. His rule of thumb, if you can't touch
the end of the line (minus the leader and tippet) with your rod tip,
you're not in far enough. Sure enough I tried it and I easily put out a
50' rollcast. No other experienced caster told me this, but now that I see
it, it's as plain as day.


Can you enlarge on that? Did not quite understand what you wrote. How can
you hold a fifty foot D loop?

TL
MC