The Board

SubtropicalSpey is gonna love this one!

Paul... check your email.

johnny I have never fished for sea-run trout, but consider these observations if you wish... Instead of pinching the flyline between your two finger and the cork, pinch the line between your two finger tips and the tip of your thumb. You can do this by cradling the handle in your hand and allowing y...

Of course, using the timing of the unrolling presentation cast is only applicable for the timing of the back cast if the wind is negligible or at 90 degrees. A front or rear wind will assist one and retard the other. Instead of using your vision to determine your "timing", concentrate more on feelin...

Paul You might want to think twice about the automatic ones? Except for powerboat racers that might get knocked unconscious, the automatic ones are not very popular with the anglers that I know. In fact, everyone I know got rid of them due to annoying (and costly) accidental inflation problems. If p...

I don't think so.

And maybe that is why I have not seen them often. Usually only good casts are in photos or videos. And poor backcasts usually don't have tight loops either, I suspect.

I just made an observation and was curious.

[/quote] Just because the DNL is easiest to demonstrate by casting low power, very tight loops, it should not be used to formulate a hypothesis when there is other, very contradictory, evidence. Cheers, James [/quote] James, OK... no disagreement with that. I'm not trying to take the lead here... I ...

Ok, So I read through Mac's Loop article a few times and I think I get it? Loop shape is (partially or primarily) a result of balance (or imbalance) between tension in the legs? Low overall tension and legs too close -> dolphin nose. Balanced tension and appropriate leg separation -> symmetrical loo...

Playing around this evening I saw what I think was a dolphin nose on one of my back casts. It immediately made me go :???: I don't think I have ever done that before, or at least I do not remember seeing it. Tonight was a bit unusual as there was a pretty stout wind that was very constant in strengt...

After using a few rods with single foot guides I have come to the conclusion that they are not a good choice for saltwater rods. I guess they are OK for lighter rods used on smaller fish, where a slim nail knot can be used at the leader, but the bulkier connections hang up horribly. Also, sliding ro...

I will guess it was almost 20 years ago that I had the pleasure to do an expo with Lefty. The organization supplied the rods and they were beat up demos that were not good. Lefty asked if anyone had a decent rod so I cheerfully handed him my new TFO that he himself had designed. Talk about kissing u...