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- Thu Feb 29, 2024 12:14 pm
- Forum: Flycasting
- Topic: Hauling - pulling fly line through the guides
- Replies: 115
- Views: 3725
Re: Hauling - pulling fly line through the guides
... Another interesting property is, that you can "passively" haul, just by keeping the hand about head height. Greetings, Torsten Torsten, What's your opinion on the timing of that passive haul relative to the rod's rotation? As noted elsewhere, I believe it is not adding line speed to t...
- Wed Feb 28, 2024 12:31 pm
- Forum: Flycasting Physics
- Topic: Measuring the Haul
- Replies: 69
- Views: 2398
Re: Measuring the Haul
One of my concerns about that haul against the guide is the timing of the haul relative to rotation of the rod. Traditionally, we are aiming to build line speed outside the rod tip progressively throughout the cast. I've been working on the paradigm of "everything happens late" in the cast...
- Wed Feb 28, 2024 9:17 am
- Forum: Teaching
- Topic: Tracking and Loop planes
- Replies: 176
- Views: 5578
Re: Tracking and Loop planes
I guess we're going to disagree on the definition of tracking then. That's not a problem though. For me, tracking errors occur when the tip path is not straight away from and towards the target, as seen from above or from the target itself. I think that's the main consideration because the line foll...
- Wed Feb 28, 2024 1:00 am
- Forum: Teaching
- Topic: Tracking and Loop planes
- Replies: 176
- Views: 5578
Re: Tracking and Loop planes
Yes, that's true.Paul Arden wrote: ↑Tue Feb 27, 2024 4:34 pm Edit: I can see you are throwing over the top, and also we can see that the rod tip curves in the vertical plane.
- Wed Feb 28, 2024 12:39 am
- Forum: Tackle
- Topic: The most accurate fly rod
- Replies: 69
- Views: 1541
Re: The most accurate fly rod
Hi Torsten and Bernd, Here's that video with the 9' rod. The video production is not great and it was a bit gusty, but I think it shows that nearly vertical loops can be made with a nearly horizontal rod at various distances. (I did cast to 75' for one of the clips but it's too far to see what's goi...
- Tue Feb 27, 2024 2:05 pm
- Forum: Teaching
- Topic: Tracking and Loop planes
- Replies: 176
- Views: 5578
Re: Tracking and Loop planes
I'm not going to weigh in too much on this definition. The cast I posted this morning (the sideways rod with a vertical loop, see below) tracks well because the tip path is within a vertical plane. The fact that the rod tip occupied a plane that was not the same plane as the rod occupied makes the d...
- Tue Feb 27, 2024 1:56 pm
- Forum: Tackle
- Topic: The most accurate fly rod
- Replies: 69
- Views: 1541
Re: The most accurate fly rod
Hi Graeme, Here's an example from the office jungle Can you try this with an "ordinary" fly rod? (I think it's possible to get at least close to a vertical USD loop, better than Bernd's sequences suggest) Greetings, Torsten Yep, I'll video it in the park before I start work tomorrow. Thes...
- Mon Feb 26, 2024 10:54 pm
- Forum: Tackle
- Topic: The most accurate fly rod
- Replies: 69
- Views: 1541
Re: The most accurate fly rod
Here's an example from the office jungle:
Cheers,
Graeme
Cheers,
Graeme
- Mon Feb 26, 2024 9:11 pm
- Forum: Tackle
- Topic: The most accurate fly rod
- Replies: 69
- Views: 1541
Re: The most accurate fly rod
Hi Graeme, If I understand you correct, you move your rod sideways (off vertical plane), but want the legs of the loop stay in vertical loop plane. I have doubts, that this possible. Hi Bernd, Yes, it’s possible and it’s more common than you think. The most obvious occurrence is the snap in a snap-...
- Mon Feb 26, 2024 9:08 am
- Forum: Tackle
- Topic: Guide sizes
- Replies: 11
- Views: 683
Re: Guide sizes
I build all my rods with single-foot guides, Ti framed with SiC inserts. I love them and won't build with anything else if I have the choice. Yes, the chances of getting a real clusterfuck are increased with these guides and a big fish, but I'm anal about line management because of that. So far, I h...