Hi Scott!
My reverse snake was looking pretty bad there for a while this morning, and I was wrestling with it trying to get it to work right. Watching you allowed me to figure out what I was doing wrong and correct it.
Remember when I was talking about "body blocks" with the reverse cast? Well, what I was doing was forgetting this simple concept and how to compensate for it when casting long belly lines. Body blocks work for you and against you in reverse casting--they help you by promoting the positive use of the bottom hand, but they get troublesome when casting longer belly lines because the cross-body arm positionig really makes it tough to get a good long casting stroke. My casting stroke was too short for the length of line I had out, that's why I was tailing those casts for a while, causing them to hit me on the way forward or hit the water on the way out. Once I adjusted my technique the casts were looking good, but it took me a bit to figure it out. Watching you cast really helped me because of course I can't see myself cast. You really have that cast nailed and it was a priviledge to learn from someone I once taught.
Thanks again!
Oh, and if you are rodless, let me know--I'll be happy to lend you that 14ft Loop Blue you liked.