Casting “Style”
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I’ve just been browsing on FAOL, which is always a bad idea. One of the things I read there that I wanted to address (there are many, but I try to limit myself) is the concept of a casting “style.”
To quote:
“And now I’m in love with the slower paced, feel every bit of energy, slow action, sunday driver rods. These rods are definitely making my casting better and fitting my style more.”
Ok. Taking things in turn:
Making your casting better. This is probably true. Slower rods load more easily and greatly increase a novice or intermediate angler’s ability to time when to come forward. That directly impacts the “punch” cause of the tailing loop. Cause #2 of the tailing loop, “creep” may also be improved upon as the angler doesn’t need to apply as much force to load the rod and thus reduces the tendency to thrust the arm forward.
In my experience, beginning anglers have the most trouble with loop control, as in whether they can make one or not, while intermediates (like this guy) have trouble with tailing loops and distance. Usually trying to cast for distance starts the tailing loop cycle.
However, none of those advantages have anything to do with “style.”
I will say it plainly: for 99% of anglers, there is no such thing as a casting style. There is simply the ability or inability to cast.
What do I mean by that?
Style in fly casting is a very limited thing. There are really only so many ways to make that rod throw that fly. Computer flex-point tests show that regardless of size, strength, or purported “casting style,” experts from Joan Wulff to Lefty Kreh to Steve Rajeff move a rod in almost exactly the same manner.
Hey Dunfly-
Probably most of the debate here would be about what constitutes “style” in the first play.
I definitely hear you there, Dunfly.
However, in a broader sense, MY jumpshot is so inferior to either Iverson’s or Shaq’s that I can’t even claim a style (unless that style is ‘total hacker.’)
Hmm – reading between the lines, I think that “total hacker” is a new category for my casts…
It was windy that day!
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