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I was wondering how many hours its takes to become a true full master spey caster and then I did some research ....
I know a couple of THCI, and knew them before they ever first picked up a spey rod and I know approximately how many days per week and how many hours per day they practiced/trained to pass the THCI test.
Similarly I was just reading a competitive spey casters web site where the caster says he trained for 10 hours per week for two years to become decent and then trained for a further few years after that to get really proficient.
If you work out the hours for these two or three cases it works out that these individuals trained in the range of around 1500-2000 hours give or take.
That is a crap load of time, but these guys are masters and it shows in their casting.
If you compare that amount of time to becoming a master at guitar lets say or some of the theories proposed in the book "Outliers: The Story of Success" where the author states that to truly master something it takes 10,000 hours of practice; then becoming a spey jedi in 1500-2000 hours seems short.
Whatever the amount of time it takes; there is huge difference in being able to get by and cast well enough with a short Scandi or Skagit line to catch fish now and then; verses truly being a casting master with longer lines.
1500-2000 hours is a heck of lot more time than I ever thought it would be; but the numbers are not lying I don't think.
Has anyone else here done any calculations or research into the amount of practice time it takes to become a master caster? Was wondering what your thoughts on this are?
Does the 1500-2000 hours seem right?
I know a couple of THCI, and knew them before they ever first picked up a spey rod and I know approximately how many days per week and how many hours per day they practiced/trained to pass the THCI test.
Similarly I was just reading a competitive spey casters web site where the caster says he trained for 10 hours per week for two years to become decent and then trained for a further few years after that to get really proficient.
If you work out the hours for these two or three cases it works out that these individuals trained in the range of around 1500-2000 hours give or take.
That is a crap load of time, but these guys are masters and it shows in their casting.
If you compare that amount of time to becoming a master at guitar lets say or some of the theories proposed in the book "Outliers: The Story of Success" where the author states that to truly master something it takes 10,000 hours of practice; then becoming a spey jedi in 1500-2000 hours seems short.
Whatever the amount of time it takes; there is huge difference in being able to get by and cast well enough with a short Scandi or Skagit line to catch fish now and then; verses truly being a casting master with longer lines.
1500-2000 hours is a heck of lot more time than I ever thought it would be; but the numbers are not lying I don't think.
Has anyone else here done any calculations or research into the amount of practice time it takes to become a master caster? Was wondering what your thoughts on this are?
Does the 1500-2000 hours seem right?