AFFTA line standard

[Lasse Karlsson]

ERN 5,5=27,3 m/ERN 7,4=29,2m/ERN 9,0=28,5m/ERN 11,6=28,1m/ERN 13,7=27,1m all with a longbelly 5.

Lasse

Hi Lasse,

Big carries - outstanding

How many false casts do you use to determine that the carry is still under control? Also, when things start to fall apart for you how does it happen?

Cheers, James

Thanks James, hope I can get back to that standard again, those numbers where taken back with the stiff rod throws 2 meters further surfaced, so sadly not recent

I want two full cycles, two back and two forward casts that roll out. Tracking goes of, timing goes, hit it too soon, one or all at the same time

Cheers
Lasse

[Paul Arden]

Is that with a MED, Lasse?

Cheers, Paul

[Lasse Karlsson]

Yes, that was done with a MED 5.

Cheers
Lasse

[Paul Arden]

Excellent casting. That's where I top out with the MED - 95ft. The problem is the headlength. Anything around that is pretty unstable. In Calgary I carried 105ft. Altitude makes quite a difference.

For me where it goes wrong is when the loop clips the ground. I carry more if I stand on the car roof. But even so overhang with this line is a problem.

I don't remember measuring max carry with the HT10 but I do know I can carry 92' for several minutes.

Gourami eating figs!! Back later

[Paul Arden]

barstool. Too slow. Incidentally I don't find the Casting Stroke to be the same for stiffer rods. Something like the TCR5 really suited an open 170-180 arc, with quite a wide power application in the second half of the arc. With the HT10 stiffness - for example - I find that the power application is through a narrower arc. I'm also using pull-back on many of my backcasts, something that with that length of carry the TCR didn't handle anything like as well.

So in some ways I will agree with you when you say that the rod you are used to performs best. However that's not to say that if you were to get used to another rod that the results would be the same!

Cheers, Paul

[Lasse Karlsson]

Seems like you finally got my point from way back then

That is exactly why I came to the conclusion, I took out my usual rod and I performed better with that than any of the others...

My best was 102 with the rio gold competition, indoors at sealevel, at winter, I find that makes a bigger difference than altitude, though I got a shock about that coming home from Montana, carry went down alot... Most try and find a hill, a car with a roof big enough, and winter, and improve carry

Cheers
Lasse

[Paul Arden]

You're not tempting me with winters! But I didn't know that there was such a difference. Is that the air or the line stiffness? I hear you on West Yellowstone. It took me a long while to sort my cast out too.

I think what you find is that with the 170BB backcast it is optimal with a 5MED and a rod ERN of around 7. If you use a stiffer rod you need to adjust your stroke and then it will go further. I actually prefer casting a ERN7 for fun because I prefer the stroke. But if I can reduce CF and have a rod that recovers quicker and gain a metre or two as a consequence then this is how I'll throw.

Cheers, Paul

[Zhongxiang]

I want two full cycles, two back and two forward casts.
Lasse

Hi Lasse,

Massive carries! Wish I can do that one day
Can I ask that in the two cycles what are the loops like? when I'm reaching my limit I still can repeat a bit but the loops are just ugly .

Cheers
Zhongxiang

[Zhongxiang]

I don't remember measuring max carry with the HT10 but I do know I can carry 92' for several minutes.

Hi Paul,

Do you still remember that day we were casting at your back yard? How much do you reckon you were carrying with the HT10.

Cheers
Zhongxiang

[Paul Arden]

Somewhere between 88 and 92. The loops don't morph properly with less that this.

Cheers, Paul