Beginner casting question..

In article , Tom Nakashima
writes


Thanks I will give it a try. It might be from years of spin fishing
and heaving stuff out there...and not paying attention to my arc.
I'm with you on the Dawkins book...indubitably

"asadi"
Well, ideally there would be no arc. john

Actually there is a casting rod arc.
One of the things that was brought when casting, is learning to match
the casting arc to the amount of line you are carrying to the amount of
force you are applying.
You can read about it here #2 and view the mpg in the tailing loops section:
http://www.sexyloops.com/flycasting/tailingloops.shtml
-tom




There is far too much written about casting - get out there and /feel/
what the line is doing in the air. Too many people cast badly with
lousy technique because they really don't know what the principle of fly
casting really implies. They have to be as one with their rod and line
when casting, and not wonder what chapter three or four in their casting
instructions said.
--
Bill Grey

"W. D. Grey" wrote in message
...

There is far too much written about casting - get out there and /feel/
what the line is doing in the air. Too many people cast badly with lousy
technique because they really don't know what the principle of fly casting
really implies. They have to be as one with their rod and line when
casting, and not wonder what chapter three or four in their casting
instructions said.

Perhaps the best advice on casting I've ever read. Would that it had been
available 20 odd years ago.

Um.....but then, I guess I'd have been busy reading it rather than doing
what it says.

Wolfgang
who knows that learning as a by-product of doing is often much more
efficient than learning first.....and then starting over from scratch in the
doing, while unlearning all the crap.

On Sun, 6 May 2007 22:24:02 +0100, "W. D. Grey"
wrote:

In article , Tom Nakashima
writes


Thanks I will give it a try. It might be from years of spin fishing
and heaving stuff out there...and not paying attention to my arc.
I'm with you on the Dawkins book...indubitably

"asadi"
Well, ideally there would be no arc. john

Actually there is a casting rod arc.
One of the things that was brought when casting, is learning to match
the casting arc to the amount of line you are carrying to the amount of
force you are applying.
You can read about it here #2 and view the mpg in the tailing loops section:
http://www.sexyloops.com/flycasting/tailingloops.shtml
-tom




There is far too much written about casting - get out there and /feel/
what the line is doing in the air. Too many people cast badly with
lousy technique because they really don't know what the principle of fly
casting really implies. They have to be as one with their rod and line
when casting, and not wonder what chapter three or four in their casting
instructions said.

Decent enough advice for someone with _no_ casting experience, but for
someone with a long history of spin- or bait-casting, it ain't quite
that simple. They may well know and understand that type of casting,
which in many cases hinders fly casting. The "muscle memory" can play
hell with many.

TC,
R

wrote in message
...
On Sun, 6 May 2007 22:24:02 +0100, "W. D. Grey"
wrote:

In article , Tom Nakashima
writes


Thanks I will give it a try. It might be from years of spin fishing
and heaving stuff out there...and not paying attention to my arc.
I'm with you on the Dawkins book...indubitably

"asadi"
Well, ideally there would be no arc. john

Actually there is a casting rod arc.
One of the things that was brought when casting, is learning to match
the casting arc to the amount of line you are carrying to the amount of
force you are applying.
You can read about it here #2 and view the mpg in the tailing loops
section:
http://www.sexyloops.com/flycasting/tailingloops.shtml
-tom




There is far too much written about casting - get out there and /feel/
what the line is doing in the air. Too many people cast badly with
lousy technique because they really don't know what the principle of fly
casting really implies. They have to be as one with their rod and line
when casting, and not wonder what chapter three or four in their casting
instructions said.

Decent enough advice for someone with _no_ casting experience, but for
someone with a long history of spin- or bait-casting, it ain't quite
that simple. They may well know and understand that type of casting,
which in many cases hinders fly casting. The "muscle memory" can play
hell with many.


Agreed (surprised?). Those whose muscles are smarter than their brains are
pretty much screwed.

Wolfgang