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That was followed later in the Zoom discussion by one participant (a scientist and teacher by trade) saying "The whole premise of the definitions is wrong because what is being called a loop is wrong. What we are looking at is a bight, not a loop, unless it's a closed tailing loop." Hah! That makes...

A little trick I just picked up from Mac is kinda funny but functional in a very practical way. If a students back cast is less than optimal due to either or both not lifting the elbow or over-rotating the wrist at the end, have them bring the rod butt right up between their eyes and to the forehead...

Hope that makes it clearer :D What it makes clearer for me is that our wrists might be very different! I lift for the back cast with my wrist at maximum ulnar deviation and flip to max radial deviation at the end. The sum of the two angles is less than just from neutral to max extension... on my wr...

Has anyone used or tried the Wulff Bermuda Triangle clear intermediate line? A buddy has found the heavier weight (11 or 12) to be his favorite for tarpon. I cast it on his Xi2 and was unexpectedly surprised. It feels thin for a heavy line, slick, and he said it seldom tangles. I should have some Mo...

Any recommendations on how to execute the cast that kicks the fly upwards? My attempts at this cast have always been inaccurate and inconsistent. Taylor Horizontal rod, vertical loop, straight tip path: practice that until you can do it well. Then, do the same with an underslung loop...ie: pendulum...

Taylor, For me, there is no question that I prefer a low rod and low trajectory: no line or rod high in the air, and the shorter the distance the fly falls the quieter it hits. With some practice you can even get the fly to hook upward and stall, which lessens the impact even more. That "kick" you m...

Paul

Would it not be a bit easier to avoid confusion if the "M" in minimum chord length was small... like mCL.

While the "M" in Maximum Counter Flex stays capitalized like MCF?

It is easy to get them confused!

Merlin, Thanks for that description in terms I think I can understand! I am actually surprised that the rod unloading adds even that much to the cast. I always assumed the much larger input was due to that long lever directly adding line speed. Of course, I now have more questions... First, I read m...

Merlin, et al... I am still reviewing and digesting a lot of the demos I saw at a recent regional fly show. I observed just about every casting demonstrator. I watch 'em all, even if I have never heard of them. I figure if they are confident enough to put on a microphone in front of a large audience...

There is a vertical separation between the legs as well of course. In fact, apart from causing the tail, the other challenge is to avoid collisions between the legs of the loop or the line and the rod. Amen! And things get even more challenging if the fly has some weight like in the salt! The reaso...