Thanks Mike! It does take some restructuring of the brain to go from "the lure pulls the line" to "the line delivers the fly". It's a physics thing, a math thing, a patience thing.
The standard technique we used as fly instructors years ago to explain this was - "peel, pluck, pause, pat". We would say 'it's not about brute force, it's about storing energy in the rod'. Peel the line off the water, accelerating a bit then a plucking action to cast it backwards, then pause to let it straighten out and load the rod, then pat it forward with the rod unloading its tension. Alongside this explanation we showed them how they pluck and pause the rod not far off the vertical in order to create tight loops that do the work for you. To reinforce this understanding we sometimes tucked the butt of the rod temporarily into their jacket sleeve just to show that the rod should not be too loose in their wrist. One way you can convince them that this physics works is to get them to hold the rod horizontally in front of them and cast sideways with very short movement and they can feel the line pulling out of the rings. Being a good teacher is the hard bit.
I use the sleeve technique all the time. The teacher part takes as much technique as the casting . I taught High school for 30 yrs and then taught at the University of Michigan, teachers how to teach.
Thank you sir. My issue is that when I cast when my line straightens out in front it then jogs left so my line lays on the water in a large C shape. I can get the line out pretty far, but the accuracy is garbage due to the curve. I am right handed. Any idea why this is happening?
It may have to do with the angle of the cast. remember if there were no ground the fly line would go through the earth in a full circle. try to make your cast as vertical as possible and see if that fixes the problem. you are accidentally doing a positive curve cast . see my video ruclips.net/video/69LTwxMePHM/видео.html
Thanks Mike!
It does take some restructuring of the brain to go from "the lure pulls the line" to "the line delivers the fly".
It's a physics thing, a math thing, a patience thing.
Its all in your head!
Very interesting approach, Iike the concept to pull the line instead of throw it.
sometimes its hard to put into words what you already know.
Great video. Makes perfect sense!
The standard technique we used as fly instructors years ago to explain this was - "peel, pluck, pause, pat". We would say 'it's not about brute force, it's about storing energy in the rod'. Peel the line off the water, accelerating a bit then a plucking action to cast it backwards, then pause to let it straighten out and load the rod, then pat it forward with the rod unloading its tension. Alongside this explanation we showed them how they pluck and pause the rod not far off the vertical in order to create tight loops that do the work for you. To reinforce this understanding we sometimes tucked the butt of the rod temporarily into their jacket sleeve just to show that the rod should not be too loose in their wrist. One way you can convince them that this physics works is to get them to hold the rod horizontally in front of them and cast sideways with very short movement and they can feel the line pulling out of the rings. Being a good teacher is the hard bit.
I use the sleeve technique all the time. The teacher part takes as much technique as the casting . I taught High school for 30 yrs and then taught at the University of Michigan, teachers how to teach.
Fantastic. Blindingly obvious, but not until someone says! Thanks
thanks
Thank you sir. My issue is that when I cast when my line straightens out in front it then jogs left so my line lays on the water in a large C shape. I can get the line out pretty far, but the accuracy is garbage due to the curve. I am right handed. Any idea why this is happening?
It may have to do with the angle of the cast. remember if there were no ground the fly line would go through the earth in a full circle. try to make your cast as vertical as possible and see if that fixes the problem. you are accidentally doing a positive curve cast . see my video ruclips.net/video/69LTwxMePHM/видео.html
@@MikeMouradian thank you sir!