Just tie on some yarn and go cast out in the yard. You can do it very gently and still get a nice curve. You're right that the loop has to come around straight and then some if you're getting a curve from overpowering a sidearm cast. The wrist-twist isn't quite the same. Ever just played around and thrown spiral loops on your forward cast by drawing tiny circles with your rod tip as you're casting? I know that's an odd way to explain it, but everyone's tried it. The wrist twist is basically doing that, but just to 90* right at the end of the cast. Your rod tip will draw a little "C" shape in the air and your line will have to curve with it. Watch the Orvis video above - the instructor is definitely not putting much power into the wrist-twist cast and there is a very pronounced 90* turn in his wrist (look at the 2:47 mark). I promise it works - give it a shot.
On Thursday, September 26, 2013 10:58:27 AM UTC-4, Jeff Silvan wrote:
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Try putting a pen or ruler in your hand and twisting your wrist (without making the casting motion - the same thing will happen while making a casting motion, but it's not as dramatically noticable). Watch what happens to the tip of the pen when you do it naturally. Now, try to twist your wrist while keeping the pen in a straight line. It is possible, but really uncomfortable. Imagine trying to do that while you're actually casting, and you'll see why the natural wrist twist changes the motion of the rod tip.On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 10:53 AM, TurbineBlade <doubl...@gmail.com> wrote:
Still though -- how does it work? Does it just place the rod tip slightly to the left at the very end of hte stroke and the fly line (as a result) just whips around in a mirror image of itself?It seems like it still requires a bit of power to get the line to flip around.....are you sure the "twist" isn't just an illusion and that the curve is just the result of stopping the rod more abruptly?I need to tinker with it and I'm obviously not a great caster, but I'm willing to bet that with a fairly gentle stroke and stop, and a twist, that no curve will result.Gene
On Thursday, September 26, 2013 10:29:29 AM UTC-4, Eric Y. wrote:I use the wrist-twist method because I find that I am more accurate changing the path of the rod tip than I am applying too much power - plus, most of the banks I want a fly to swim up against are pretty tall and I got hung up A LOT and spooked a lot of fish trying to get a fly back when I was trying to curve cast by overpowering. I'm no pro at it, but it works well enough and isn't too difficult.
On Thursday, September 26, 2013 9:56:02 AM UTC-4, Scott S wrote:On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 3:48 PM, TurbineBlade <doubl...@gmail.com> wrote:Hi - I remember a recent article which indicated that you can throw a curve cast either by overpowering the forward cast, or by twisting the wrist at the end of the forward casting stroke.--I think that they are easy enough to do by using a more side arm cast and overpowering it (and/or using an untapered leader), but I cannot for the life of me understand how twisting your wrist could possibly accomplish this. It makes no sense to me....the rod still moves in the same direction, so how does the fly line read your mind and determine that you want the last few feet of it to kink into a 90 degree bend?Gene
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