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Grip shift

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Re: Grip shift

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Closing the fingers to flip the rod.
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It’s stopless and happens in the same way that the backcast opens. The thumb simply pushes over.

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You'll need to show me how you're doing it then. (One more thing for the list of lessons ... :) )
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Sounds good! :D
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Re: Grip shift

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Here is a video of Fredrik shifting grips. It’s sort of a key grip on the backcast and thumb on top going forward.



I still use this sometimes when I struggle with my forward cast tracking.

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Nice video, Magnus. I sometimes switch to finger pointing on the backcast when I'm struggling with backcast tracking.

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Re: Grip shift

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Thanks... that clears things up quite a bit!

I need to work on that cradle grip... and get to it while the back cast is unrolling. That timing is where I have been going wrong.

I think I have been maintaining my hand during the back cast and rotating during the forward translation, instead of the cradle before translation. That results in sort of a torque twist and I have no fingers to close. I think it is because I use curve casts so often.

Something to practice tomorrow...
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