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Post by Dale Martens on Feb 5, 2006 14:14:50 GMT -6
Again, sometimes to reduce drag, it's nice to have your line fall to the water with a bunch of slack in it. I usually do this by wiggling by rod tip back-and-forth to the side as the line shoots on my forward casts; the desired result is a bunch of S-curves in the line when it falls to the water.
I've also read that a good way to get slack - and this seems much simpler - is just to apply lots of power to the forward cast and stop it very abruptly by pulling on the line as it shoots out. I've tried this but I can never consistently get good amounts of slack. Any hints or comments?
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Robert Burton
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Post by Robert Burton on Feb 5, 2006 15:54:46 GMT -6
The S cast and the Stop cast (which you describe above) are good but in both cases they put a lot of slack line on the water, if a fish hits you have a lot to grab up to set the hook and the accuracy of placing the fly is also not great. I prefer getting a 'slack leader' while not a cast in and of itself, it does not have slack line. A leader that has a too long tippet section will lose power and the fly will not turn over and so the slack between the fly and the butt of the leader. You can buy George Harvey Slack Leader or you can (as I have) make your own. Here is set of leader formulas including the George Harvey. Instead of 'stopping' which has the aforementioned problems as well as the line crashing, you can under power your 'unfurling' by dropping the rod tip faster than normal this combined with the leader can be dynamite.
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Post by Dale Martens on Feb 6, 2006 13:37:06 GMT -6
The leader idea is a good one but I admit I am not very ambitious when it comes to messing with terminal tackle.
I will definitely give "dropping the rod tip" a try.
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