hmmm, there's no Edit button. i meant "Try to keep slack to a minimum before and during the cast"Marc Fauvet wrote:Bernd Ziesche wrote: "Try to keep slack to a minimum"
EDIT: there's an edit button now but not when i tried the first time. weird...
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hmmm, there's no Edit button. i meant "Try to keep slack to a minimum before and during the cast"Marc Fauvet wrote:Bernd Ziesche wrote: "Try to keep slack to a minimum"
Nice Will, I like that diagram a lotWill wrote:Nice discussion for the new board.
I always did like a diagram (and it'll be good to test adding pics).
I give you Bill and Bernd's House of Essentials:
- I like tension, better than "slack". It gives the caster something to do (manage line tension), rather than avoid - and is v.useful in teaching Speys. Btw, I think slack is easy to define: If I move the rod tip and the end of the line doesn't move immediately, I had slack.
- I agree that late rotation or otherwise is crucial. I always get to it as part of the power application bit though.
- Yep, tracking/keeping in plane is just part of achieving SLP/ITP
W.
I like your idea to name the first essential after what we are looking for instead of what we try to avoid. Good point!Will wrote: I like tension, better than "slack". It gives the caster something to do (manage line tension), rather than avoid
That is exactly how I teach it. I ask everyone to watch the fluff while starting the arc in slow motion. Then I point out the wasted arc and the sudden increase in rod bend, when the full line tension arrives at the tip.Will wrote: Btw, I think slack is easy to define: If I move the rod tip and the end of the line doesn't move immediately, I had slack.
Will,Will wrote: Yep, tracking/keeping in plane is just part of achieving SLP/ITP
Yes please, but proper ones pleaseVGB wrote:If we are having pictures, does that mean we can have graphs?
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Vince
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Lasse Karlsson wrote: Yes please, but proper ones please
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Lasse