I suppose it’s Part 2 Task 6. I’m not mentoring, just giving my thought on the videos that I’m being sent Actually that task is the best one and should be most of the exam IMO.

Cheers, Paul

For sure. I believe that the total head weight of a MED5 is 19.4G, which is heavier than a 10WT shooting head. It certainly feels a lot lighter in the air to me.

Yes it was very revealing James. Hope you’re having a great week!

Cheers, Paul

It is perfectly possible to go through a lesson without ever giving a body centric instruction. I’m not sure it’s totally desirable but, once you get the hang of it, it’s not at all difficult. Yep I agree and mostly my beginners’ lessons are not focused on the body at all nowadays. At least not fro...

Hi Mark, Of course, but when you are the boss of a company manufacturing a product and it fails, then it’s your responsibility even though technically it was a worker on the assembly line! (Boeing) I’m not saying we can always avoid it. I think it probably happens to every student at some point. I’v...

Mark’s “walking while casting” can get a similar unfreezing result. What I have been playing with is the order that we introduce things. Obviously it makes sense to introduce the Jump Roll before the Single Spey. It makes sense to do backhand shots before the 170. But it doesn’t seem to matter if we...

There is a huge risk in teaching where when trying to make minor (or subtle) changes to an ingrained stroke, it results in the caster overanalysing his or her movements, they then become robotic, everything looks forced and what we thought was a minor change becomes a road block of immense proportio...

Thanks Vince, I was half way starting a new topic this last weekend and then moved it to a FP. The Snake Roll is a great example. It’s highly useful in river of course, not just for downstream lure bashing but also for upstream dry fly and going in for shots in NZ. But it’s also useful in Stillwater...

The fact that some of the claims of fluorocarbon are obviously misleading at best makes me question abrasion resistance. https://youtu.be/KiQTvmM-1cY I think it’s marketing. What do anglers think they would like from leader and tippet material? Invisibility, sinks well, high knot strength, better ab...

I’ve always applied the tension to the line with the fingers just prior to the spool. Pencil or screwdriver between the knees. The truck aeriel makes a good alternative if it’s still there. Are there books on French Nymphing? I’d like to see a book about how to hold fish without looking like you hav...

I’ll keep digging. I expected to find them on the server.

Cheers!