Howard, Gene and others,
A few of the casting nerds did some experimentation on underlining yesterday morning at the Fletcher's clinic. Our results weren't conclusive at all but we did theorize the potential reason Lefty said to underline: higher line speed.
We threw a 7wt rod with a 7wt bass line, and then dropped down to a 5wt trout line--not exactly an ideal comparison. But what we did notice is that we could push the rod more with the lighter line. Does this additional velocity overcome the disadvantages of less mass, who knows, but it may be possible? With either set up, I could somewhat calmly hit 75 ft or totally overdo the power and end up with a 75 ft pile cast, which says a lot more about my technique than the equipment.
Dalton
-- A few of the casting nerds did some experimentation on underlining yesterday morning at the Fletcher's clinic. Our results weren't conclusive at all but we did theorize the potential reason Lefty said to underline: higher line speed.
We threw a 7wt rod with a 7wt bass line, and then dropped down to a 5wt trout line--not exactly an ideal comparison. But what we did notice is that we could push the rod more with the lighter line. Does this additional velocity overcome the disadvantages of less mass, who knows, but it may be possible? With either set up, I could somewhat calmly hit 75 ft or totally overdo the power and end up with a 75 ft pile cast, which says a lot more about my technique than the equipment.
Dalton
http://www.tpfr.org
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