levers and flycasting
- From: "NewsGroups" <teign2nz@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 23:13:25 +0100
Yo
Not sure where to post this so I thought this group might be a good start.
The following is lifted from the web but is reasonably representative.
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Fly casting works because we use the weight of the flyline to bend the rod,
we then force the rod to unbend which casts the line for us. We bend the rod
by moving it against the flyline's mass. We unbend it by stopping. The most
important part to learn in fly casting is an effective stop.
OK now I've told you this, let me also tell you that it isn't true. What
this is, however, is a nice way to visualise flycasting. It gives you
'feel'. If this was actually all there was to flycasting then we would be
able to stick the rod in the ground so that it was standing upright, and by
pulling the line against the top of the rod until the rod bent to it's
maximum, then releasing it, we would be able to make a long cast. Truth is
that the tip of the line won't even reach the rod. Try it.
So leverage is also important. Indeed it is an interesting combination, for
it is possible to cast with rods which don't bend (broomsticks, short pieces
of timber and one or two brands of flyrods), but if you have tried this you
will rapidly come to the conclusion that a rod which actually bends is a far
better tool.
In flycasting we are using both leverage and the spring of the flyrod. Your
average caster gets the leverage bit just fine, but loses it when it comes
to unbending the rod.
Anyway the more abruptly we stop the rod, the faster the rod throws the
line. Working on this stop is the first secret to good fly casting. This
part of the fly cast goes by many names: 'positive stop', 'forced stop',
'tip-snap', 'wrist flick', 'flick of the tip', 'flippetty flip', 'tip-top',
and many others - but I'm sure you get the idea.
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My problems are that I don't see:-
We can't "force" the rod to unbend. We can "allow" it.
I'm happy that line speed and loop size are critical but stopping abruptly
will not force the tip over faster.
I feel that stopping abruptly flicks the tip in a small arc causing small
loop size and also the abrupt stop is not that. It's actually an abrupt
acceleration. To stop fast we contract muscles quickly with I recon' that
fast acceleration. I'm thinking karate punch. i.e snap the fist.
Simple answers for a simple guy please.
Cheers bb
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