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Okay instructors, how do you teach someone to develop a flat rod tip path on the forward stroke. Since nobody can actually see what's going on in real time with the rod tip, it's almost like asking someone to sing a Bflat with no instrument around to play them one first.
Joan Wulff, my personal favorite fly casting "communicator" tells folks to monitor the rod butt with single hand casting, since you can watch that. I personally pay attention to the path of my top hand and have faith that that, plus good acceleration will make a flat rod tip path. That works cognitively until I use a bottom hand oriented more vertical stroke, at which point I can't even imagine how the tip stays flat. Mongo gets headache when try to see picture in head
This question is spurred on by a repeat viewing of Speylapalooza, or Spey-o-rama, or whatever it's called where everyone keeps talking about flat tip paths as an article of faith, but nobody really communicated how to achieve it other than constant well timed acceleration, and that if you have a narrow loop, you clearly had a flat path.
I'm really just curious if someone can communicate it verbally. I can tell when I do it right because... well I have a narrow loop when I keep my hand level and get my acceleration right
Joan Wulff, my personal favorite fly casting "communicator" tells folks to monitor the rod butt with single hand casting, since you can watch that. I personally pay attention to the path of my top hand and have faith that that, plus good acceleration will make a flat rod tip path. That works cognitively until I use a bottom hand oriented more vertical stroke, at which point I can't even imagine how the tip stays flat. Mongo gets headache when try to see picture in head
This question is spurred on by a repeat viewing of Speylapalooza, or Spey-o-rama, or whatever it's called where everyone keeps talking about flat tip paths as an article of faith, but nobody really communicated how to achieve it other than constant well timed acceleration, and that if you have a narrow loop, you clearly had a flat path.
I'm really just curious if someone can communicate it verbally. I can tell when I do it right because... well I have a narrow loop when I keep my hand level and get my acceleration right