Re: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Bendy vs. Stiffy article

I agree -- one of the first things I noticed with my fenwicks is that I was casting them too much like faster graphite rods and getting lots of tip bounce and not allowing the rod to fully load/unload....it kind of goes away once you just get out and cast them a lot.  I think old, slower rods are good teachers.  

I've casted a lot with tape measure to get an exact measure (not just adding fly line and leader length) and have to say that I very rarely, in an actual fishing situation, cast out to 70'....even on the few SW trips I've done, and when sight casting to carp on the big river. The first time I laid out the tape I was really impressed with the actual distance that 100' really is....it's daunting!  Lay out a 100' tape, make a cast, and then walk the camera all the way out to the end of the leader and pan over to the tape, and if it reads "100'" I'll tip my hat, because it's beyond my ability ;).  

I will freely admit that on the grass, I can seldom reach 100' and when I have, the leader is a total mess.  85-90' is probably more realistic as my "grass max".  On the water I'm sure it's even less.  I think it's cool to watch people really lay line out there, because it seems like the further out you get - the more perfect everything has to be (loop shape, trajectory etc.) to get it right.  There's nothing easy about it.  Those FF guys are darned good.  

I think trying it (long casts) once in a while still has value in making shorter casts (40-60') much more second-nature.  I actually like short-head WF lines for fishing around here because they make those "real world" casts a bit easier (at least for me). 

I think I'll get out and do some of this tomorrow!  

Gene

On Thursday, March 5, 2015 at 2:26:41 PM UTC-5, Misha Gill wrote:

Good thoughts Carl. This video does make me think a tailing loop is more likely with a slower rod due to the rod bounce on the forward stroke, although I haven't had any issues since acquiring an 8'6" orvis superfine. However, I've only used it around the near-DC area (and i'm in love with it). It occurs to me that it might not be the right rod for the 60-70ft casts necessary on parts of the South Holston, but I aim to find out. 

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