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Dangle and cure
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Dangle and cure
I have "developed" a casting fault what i believe is called a dangle/dangling end.
It's typically happening at the end of the cast at the final casting stroke, resulting in a wave in the fly leg and the fly skipping on the surface.
First I thought it was due to too much overhang (I'm using a shooting head on the coast), but minimizing the overhang did not cure the dangle.
I've attached a drawing of the casting fault. It's been recreated from looking at some footage a friend made of me on a day I was swearing more than normally due to this problem
Can anyone tell me what fault causes this and how it's cured?
Cheers
Johhny
It's typically happening at the end of the cast at the final casting stroke, resulting in a wave in the fly leg and the fly skipping on the surface.
First I thought it was due to too much overhang (I'm using a shooting head on the coast), but minimizing the overhang did not cure the dangle.
I've attached a drawing of the casting fault. It's been recreated from looking at some footage a friend made of me on a day I was swearing more than normally due to this problem
Can anyone tell me what fault causes this and how it's cured?
Cheers
Johhny
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Re: Dangle and cure
No worries Johhny, I think we all have it.
Someone will fill me in, but I think if you have the least of sack in your line, you have it.
As Lasse has mentioned before, dropping the rod tip before the next cast will promote it.
Cheers, Bart
Someone will fill me in, but I think if you have the least of sack in your line, you have it.
As Lasse has mentioned before, dropping the rod tip before the next cast will promote it.
Cheers, Bart
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Re: Dangle and cure
There are a few causes, one is the line not being fully straight but U-shaped at loop straight and the other is the rod tip rising above the line at the beginning of the casting stroke. Bernd has an excellent image/FP on them. I’ll dig it out later - have a few chores first
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Bernd's dangly bits - https://www.sexyloops.com/index.php/ps/bdb
Re: Dangle and cure
Thanks all
I think it might be the rod tip rising above the line at the beginning of the forward stroke. From the footage, I see that I primarily rotate (instead of translate) when I drift. This brings the rod tip too far down before the forward stroke. Is this what introduces the wave in the line that becomes a dangling end in the fly leg making the fly skip on the surface?
I think it might be the rod tip rising above the line at the beginning of the forward stroke. From the footage, I see that I primarily rotate (instead of translate) when I drift. This brings the rod tip too far down before the forward stroke. Is this what introduces the wave in the line that becomes a dangling end in the fly leg making the fly skip on the surface?
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Yup
Cheers
Lasse
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You can try lifting the rod butt in preparation for the beginning of the forward cast, but really, it’s very difficult to remove completely for a long carry perhaps impossible!
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Re: Dangle and cure
Johnnybg wrote: Is this what introduces the wave in the line that becomes a dangling end in the fly leg making the fly skip on the surface?
In Bernd's explanations of the dangling end he uses a dangling end on the back cast followed by a puddled leader on the delivery cast. In the above question, are we talking about the effect of a dangling end on the delivery cast?
In Bernd's explanations of the dangling end he uses a dangling end on the back cast followed by a puddled leader on the delivery cast. In the above question, are we talking about the effect of a dangling end on the delivery cast?
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I missed this Eugene. Thanks!Johnnybg wrote: Is this what introduces the wave in the line that becomes a dangling end in the fly leg making the fly skip on the surface?
Johnny can you describe where the fly skips along the surface pls? I can see with a heavy fly might result in this, but generally a dangling end results in lots of things from ticking at your feet to an S-shape in the fly leg but fly skipping the surface (and still unrolling?) I haven’t seen. If so I want to learn it!!!
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Ps sorry I’m on a course this weekend but will draw some diagrams tomorrow!