Sorry, let me explain my understanding of that, John. I don’t mean a soft rod, I mean a rod that is softer than a rigid lever. Ie one that bends. A very soft rod might prevent us putting in as much force because we run out of rotation angle. In the case of casting a bendy vs rigid lever within a giv...

Hi Gary, Can’t you do them all with a rigid rod? Cheers, Paul Hi Paul, Can you? Cheers, Gary Yes of course. It’s not very much fun using a poker, but absolutely. I think they all come down to tip path, line configuration at the beginning of the stroke, and perhaps a little bit of loop morphing. Rod...

I think Gordy explained it quite well a few years ago, that the softer rod allows us to put more force in (to a given arc). This in turn alters our feeling of weight. His calculations at the time were that a flexible rod compared to a broomstick allowed us to double the amount of force we can input....

Hi Merlin, if we take a 7WT line for example then yes.

Cheers, Paul

Hi Gary,

Can’t you do them all with a rigid rod?

Cheers, Paul

That’s just as well Rickard because now you are one of those outstanding casters!!

Got another bottle.

Well yes and no. My teaching has changed a lot since the App. While my first lesson or two has always been about loop control and namely short line loop control, particularly after Lee introduced his Triangle Method, it’s really been the past 5 years that I’ve overhauled my approach, and I’m very th...

Vinny wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 1:41 pm I never thought so much thought went into this. My adjustments are based on the way my loops look. I really am a “simple man”

Even the simple things can be made to be very complex.

the stiffer rod has a larger MOI and needs more energy to follow a given input, and that one of the reasons why one gets a larger tip speed and a larger elastic energy for such rod. Hi Merlin, the stiffer rod feels “lighter” when casting and can be rotated quicker. I assume this is because torque a...