COMPETITION 5 WEIGHTS I WANNA GO LONG
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What rods are commonly used in the 5 weight distance events. SAGE TCR and the Loomis HLS come to mind. I want to have my backing knot whistle through my hand just once or break 120. What supplements do I need to be taking. No needles though!
TCR (of course) and Loomis GLX Max Linespeed are two that come to mind. I would throw in a St. Croix Legend Elite and Winston BIIx but no one would believe me!
Some fella beat Steve Rajeff with a Powell Rod in the best of the West in Denver. I almost threw all of a TT Line on my 8’9″ 5 LT 5 piece, the knot was on the ground at my feet. I understand that some casters can carry a whole line in the air… HOW? I have a tendency to use my wrist some and I think thats holding me back distance wise. It lets me adjust my timing a little. Your a instructor how can I keep from flexing my wrist. I have been working aggressively on my double haul too. I don’t have a 5 weight now but I have been using my other rods. Are there any especially good casting videos that you could suggest.
This is an excellent video. Although its title is “Saltwater Fly Casting: 10 Steps to Distance and Power”, I found it applies to all distance casting and general casting as well.
dmk37363, in and of itself, I don’t think a little wrist flex is neccesarily a bad thing sometimes. Several excellent casters seem to ‘punch’ the line with a little wrist flick at the end of each stroke.
Simply being conscious of what your wrist is doing during the stroke should help. Correct yourself right away if you find yourself straying from a firm wrist. To minimize using the wrist during the main part of the stroke some people buy into those contraptions that strap to their wrist to lock it or even put the rod butt into their shirt sleeve. If all else fails, give that a try though I think of those gizmo’s as crutches that do not teach you the muscle memory needed to correct the problem.
I rather like Lefty’s idea of lining up the tip of your rod, or visualizing, a straight line (power line, building roof) where the rod tip path will be and following that line the best you can. If you use any wrist during the main part of the cast it will usually show as a convex arc in your rod tip path.
One thing I am a strong believer in is visualing and mimicking a good cast even when no rod is in your hand. I think Jason Borger turned me on to that technique for casting but it also worked for me with good success when I used to golf.
Hope this helps! 😉
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