Response to Juro
Juro,
I really messed up when I first posted the Question, "What are Faults". I was not looking for the list itself or the correction of those faults. I was looking for "Beyond the Fault Lies Breaking Bad Habits" in the casting motion. What I'm working on now is fitting all the faults into categories so when I look at a caster I can break the faults into areas.
I.e., Planes - Rod tip plane, hand plane, line plane.
Elements of the cast: lift, anchor set, line belly form in D/ > loop, circle-up move, key position, smooth application of power with exponential speed-up to the stop, firm transfer of power, and rod tip movement after stop.
Applied effort to each elements: Removal of slack at all points in the cast, Anchor (Bloody, pile, crump), lift slack, key position slack, too much power slack (waves in line) rod tip rebound.
Hand coordination: Trunking (if the rod tip does not go up to the key position but rather aims down to straight back), the lower hand not contributing (single hand casting with the upper hand), applying the shoulder muscles of both shoulder in making an effortless spey cast.
Loops: Have size (non, wide, narrow) shape (tailing, cross, tank track, open), and direction (back as in d/>loops, 180 principle to target, less than or more than 180 degrees to target).
Pre-casts before the delivery cast: Two basic groups of cast “touch/splash and go” and “water load”; Partner cast (single spey or snap cast up stream wind and Double-spey or snake roll for down stream wind); variations to the basic partner cast; anchor position for the 180-degree principle and d-loop formation before the delivery cast.
The momentum and direction of the rod tip, throughout the cast, is governed by the effort applied during that portion of the casting element.
The smooth connection of all elements, from the lift to the settling of the fly on the water, is timing and tempo with applied effort.
Klem, just a student preparing for the THCI and this is a work in progress and can change with or without factual information.