|
Some writers on fly casting tell us to start the forward cast when we " feel the line pull from behind " but in casting a short line, as the novice should, he is not likely to feel any " pull " so should not wait for it. The relation of the pause to the back and forward casts can be kept in mind by counting " one " at the beginning of the back cast, " two" at its finish, " three " for the pause and " four " for the forward cast, slowing the count as each subsequent cast is ex-
End of Back Cast tended. People with a sense of rhythm learn fly casting quicker than others. The Forward Cast If the pause between the back and forward casts is too long the rod tip straightens, (loses its spring), the line falls and the cast is " killed." If the pause is not long enough the rearward action of the rod tip is not completed and the reaction of the tip gives little assistance in the forward cast. The too-short pause does not permit the line to straighten enough behind which is proclaimed by the leader cracking like a whip lash and sometimes the fly is snapped off. If the pause is correctly timed the veriest novice knows it as the line seems to shoot forward, in the forward cast, as if propelled % some unseen force, which, indeed, is what happens — the complete reaction of the rod tip being the force. |
|||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
