Jason Borger’s foundation style gives you a highly controlled vertical plane that tracks excellently. (That is, your forward cast and backcast are aligned.) I find that a great strength in short to midrange casting, and when going for accuracy.troutman41 wrote:I was watching this video of Christopher Rownes and in order to get anywhere near throwing those kind of loops I have to adopt a style like his,arm out to the side with that sort of lifting action near the end of the stroke.No matter what I do with the Jason Borgers foundation cast style I can't get anywhere near those tight loops.
Even at midrange, a late rotation - which is often associated with those sexy loops - can be challenging to achieve with this style. A lot of care is required to maintain a pull early in the stroke. It’s also very easy to rotate too much. Still, the overall stroke is very controlled and therefore repeatable.
At longer distances I may need to watch my backcast and increase the amount of translation. I find both of these difficult in Jason’s style. In fact, because I am as stiff as a board, I find watching my backcast difficult with any style that involves a strictly vertical rod plane.
For my CI exam I went almost exclusively with this vertical style. However, to get a better grip of MCI 85’ and beyond, I have now started practicing distance casting with tilted plane and added 15’+ in two days.
but I think that it shows that a vertical stroke and loop is the most efficient. This is 100ft of Redfish 9.5 line carried to the backing knot. Interestingly Mikael starts with that out and gradually picks it off the floor front and back. Slipping line from a shorter pickup I could only get to around 95ft. I was most impressed with this casting. Mikael has the best and straightest carry that I have seen (and he's wearing socks).
