For what it is worth, I have trouble with the question itself as it may reflect a misconception, and one I know screwed me up. Seems to me that the question would be better phrased as “how do you form a pointed loop” . We cast fly legs. A loop happens because we (and other forces) pull on to the fro...

There is lots that can be done during the stroke. It’s just that many people will tell you it’s only what happens during the stroke, which is not the case. Cheers, Paul Hi Paul Some clarification would help me here. From SL Definitions Casting Stroke: When the rod applies force to the line in order...

Stumbling around in the fog of my ignorance, I’ve come to the belief that loop shape is determined by a relationship between where the momentum in the fly leg is aimed, where the tip is positioned relative to the fly leg as it ( the tip ) decelerates, and how much tension is created in the rod leg. ...

VGB wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 8:22 am …..Anyone that has tried to stab the gaps between their fingers with a knife or compass will have directly experienced the effects of this law.

Regards

Vince

Mumblypeg!!!
Damn, I’ve not thought of that game for 60 years now.
The idea will keep me smiling the rest of the day.
Thanks, Vince

Thank you, Merlin.
I appreciate your patience and insight.
George

When we simplify the rod as a spring, the softer rod stores more spring energy for the same load. Sorry in that last sentence I should have written “bend” not “load”. You are correct George. I believe that stored elastic energy would be the same between softer and stiffer rods under the same load. ...

Torsten wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 9:13 am When we simplify the rod as a spring, the softer rod stores more spring energy for the same load.

Hi Torsten
Can you explain why this is?

Thanks
George

Otherwise we would be using softer rods that load more, instead of pokers in the WCs. Hi Paul Are you using “load” when you mean “bend”? When a given mass is moved by a given force by two levers of the same length but different stiffness isn’t the load the same??? Does a softer rod under load hold ...

From Dirk’s original description (2nd link). A composite of an Aitor cast (a different one?). IMG_4176.jpeg In the video I recall, however, Aitor was facing to the right, using an orange line, the backcast was near vertical and forward cast near horizontal. The appearance was gravity fed line into t...

I’ll have to think about that but I don’t see why it has to match gravity. The line comes around the corner and it’s all subject to gravity. Cheers, Paul Hi Paul. The physics behind the behavior of waypoints is well above me. This could get embarrassing but here is how I envision it. Please sort me...