07-27-2008, 04:12 PM
Getting line to feed out of the rod to prevent the fly from landing short of the desired current seam can be problematice. It was for me for years until Doug Swisher's son demonstrated my short coming at a free casting clinic I attended.
I was moving my rod too rapidly to the side thus not giving the line time enough to fly out of the guides. I slowed my follow through movement down and it solved the problem.
In the Joan Wulff video she was stopping the follow through at about a 60 degree angle to her side. Randy, I think that is Doug's son's name, said that if you do the follow through 90 degrees to the side that you will get a longer drag free drift. That is true but it also takes more expertice. I had to stop the rod higher in the air and have additional line speed to get the line placed correctly.
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I was moving my rod too rapidly to the side thus not giving the line time enough to fly out of the guides. I slowed my follow through movement down and it solved the problem.
In the Joan Wulff video she was stopping the follow through at about a 60 degree angle to her side. Randy, I think that is Doug's son's name, said that if you do the follow through 90 degrees to the side that you will get a longer drag free drift. That is true but it also takes more expertice. I had to stop the rod higher in the air and have additional line speed to get the line placed correctly.
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