Hi Paul

Is “the” kinetic chain identical if you are standing up throwing a paper plane, when compared to being sat on a high backed chair?

Regards

Vince

I’m with Gary, include more control tasks in your practice routines. There are technical fixes with leader length and follow through that can take the heat out of the delivery but you don’t want sticking plaster fixes as a default.

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Vince

1.8m is more than half the width of the streams around here

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Vince

Paul Arden wrote: ↑Fri Apr 26, 2024 2:26 pm I do ask students further up the ladder to false cast weighted flies with 20’ leaders and no flyline.

Trying this with a piece of fluff on the end instead of a weighted fly will unlock the wrist

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Vince

Hi Paul To my mind if we are wanting to make use of the kinetic chain at this more advanced level, which I am, then that for me would be a “right” way. One doesn’t have to do this and most people don’t, but when I analyse looking at Pattern (and to an extent also Position and Power application) then...

Hi Paul That said many fly fishers only know one cast and try to put the fish at the same distance by walking closer or further away. That’s an individuals constraint but it means that there’s a lot of water they can’t fish. In my local area, you would often need a snorkel if you wanted to get close...

Paul Arden wrote: ↑Fri Apr 26, 2024 1:26 pm Hi Vince, yep the drill starts leader only for that reason!

How long is the leader Paul?

I actually find it humorous and hopefully it will happen many times more. ;) It’s always obvious once you know. During lockdown I read a book called Zen Mind, Beginners Mind that I quite enjoyed. My favourite extract was ““In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s the...

Hi Paul I wasn’t trying to provoke an argument, just trying to place the disciplines in the open/closed skill range and degrees of pattern fuzziness. How many competitions are done with a side cast or cross body? An angler has to deal with all of of the weather conditions that you mention plus varia...

Hi Paul Nice analogy. I try to go the other way completely with many intermediate students, who are having their casting advancement restricted by this poor teaching. Have you tried getting them doing leader only dry fly casts with about 20ft of leader and a very short line? Hi Rickard We still have...