05-05-2009, 06:34 PM
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I find that in starting the back cast with the rod tip pointed forward, low to the water gives the fly line the straightest possible path down through the rod and onto the water. The absence of slack allows you to start moving the line and bending the rod as soon as you begin lifting it to make the back cast. Slack in the line would cause you to start and stop the back cast farther back, thus increasing the likelihood of directing the fly line downward behind me. [/#008000][/font][/size]
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I find that in starting the back cast with the rod tip pointed forward, low to the water gives the fly line the straightest possible path down through the rod and onto the water. The absence of slack allows you to start moving the line and bending the rod as soon as you begin lifting it to make the back cast. Slack in the line would cause you to start and stop the back cast farther back, thus increasing the likelihood of directing the fly line downward behind me. [/#008000][/font][/size][signature]