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First allow me to say, when I started fly tying we didn’t have an abundance of synthetic material. I learned different tying procedures to accomdate the material I used. Recently most of my fly tying has been centered on saltwater patterns...baitfish, crabs, and shrimp patterns. I stopped at a local...

Paul

Sounds good, thanks.

Lou

Hi John

Thanks for the clarification. It makes perfect sense. When casting a short distance, I minimize body rotation. It's all arm and tip casting.

Lou

John Can you explain this technique in further detail...what exactly do you mean? Any video? "As with all casting, technique is king and I am probably alone in this but do not use an arm centric stroke whereby the rod translation is a consequence of primarily hand movement forward. It is much better...

Paul
Thanks for the clarification, especially this bit; "
If I was organising these things I would have the Oval Cast as the category. The Belgian Cast being one of its members. Elliptical Cast being another. Arguably the Single Spey is another member."

Lou

Paul Can you explain the difference, if there is one, between the Belgium cast and Oval cast. My understanding with the Belgium cast is the forward cast begins with a near vertical rod plane. Whereas, with the oval cast the rod tip path is about 45 degrees from vertical....no movement to vertical. H...

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It does have the effect (for me) of making a vertical loop when it would have otherwise been canted in a similar plane to the rod's orientation.

Cheers,
Graeme
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Graeme
I had the same results.
Lou

While out practicing my spey cast, I tried experimenting with "torque twist."
Has anyone tried turning the wrist in a counter clockwise thrust...what were the results on the fly line loop?

Lou

I've had nylon tippet weaken to the point were it failed when knot testing. After trying other older spools, I discovered they would fail. So, I tried newer spools, they failed. I had to scrape all of my nylon! The reason exposure to heat and sun...be careful how you store nylon especially if your f...

Paul
Yea, went to watching SL videos, as well as hitting the books. Where do we actually "circle up" does it matter?
Lou