A good way to ensure a tail is to aim the preceding back cast a bit higher than normal. When you make the forward cast, any error that otherwise would give you a slight tail will produce a horrendous one!
It works because breaking the 180° rule in the vertical plane is one of the reasons a tail is formed. It's an incorrect application of power caused by disturbing the
direction of power rather than the
amplitude of power. That 180° rule is not usually cited as a reason for a tail during the CCI exam, since the "general wisdom" (in the CCI exam) is that only three causes of tails are known:
* Creep,
* Insufficient casting arc and
* An "incorrect application of power", nearly always demonstrated as "hitting it too early".
In my view, creep
causes an insufficient arc and an insufficient arc is one manifestation of an incorrect application of power. In other words, all of these are the same thing caused by different mechanisms. But I digress ....
Finishing a haul too early is another cause of a tail (also incorrect application of power) and breaking the 180° Rule is the other common one. Together, those give you 5 methods of forming a tail.
To summarise, enhance your tail by misdirecting your back cast.
Cheers,
Graeme
(BTW, that high back cast was my problem at intermediate casting level. Morsie pointed it out for me, which allowed me to fix it. At first, he struggled to see where the problem was because the casting action looked fine. From a distance, he could see where I was going wrong though.)
