Re: Watching your backcast

feeds@yuku.com (PAhopper) — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:18:00 GMT

I often watch my backcast when lawn casting. On the river, I often tend to pause my backcast so that I can turn and inspect it up close. I generally use a tree to accomplish this.

Re: Watching your backcast

feeds@yuku.com (Sedotti) — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:03:13 GMT

I rarely have my students look at their backcasts, unless I really want them to see it so that they can change it. The other time I have them look is if they are making a presentation on the backcast.

I often look at my backcast when I'm making an extra long cast on the forward cast. Otherwise, I don't look too much.

I, of course, look at it alomst all the time when I'm making a presentation cast on the backcast.

Mark

Re: Watching your backcast

feeds@yuku.com (dp) — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:17:11 GMT

Jim, Just finished that book a few weeks ago. Very well written and I enjoyed his "modular" thing. Can really help building a difficult cast in some situations or in just thinking things through. Especially his mending section. As a learning tool I see it helping certain types, some probably not all , but we all learn differently for sure.
On a long cast I'm going to watch no matter what. If you are watching you will very quickly recognize that curve...

Re: Watching your backcast

feeds@yuku.com (Jim Laing) — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 07:11:50 GMT

Dan,
Take a look at the short section titled "Watching Your Backcasts" on page 79 in Jason Borger's Nature of Flycasting ~ a modular approach.
Sums up this thread nicely in four short paragraphs with a critical point we haven't touched upon here.
If the caster turns to look as the cast is being made it often results in a twist in the torso and moves the rod out of plane. After the backcast is complete, and the hand has stopped, he recommends...

Re: Watching your backcast

feeds@yuku.com (FlyFishAR) — Mon, 04 May 2009 19:36:32 GMT

Yeah Terry it is great having you involved. You certainly make it fun! After all, isn't that what it's all about?

Re: Watching your backcast

feeds@yuku.com (Terry Beeson) — Mon, 04 May 2009 19:30:10 GMT

Yeah, Jim, they're mean... I mean if you post something in a thread that has nothing to do with the subject, then you are just being plain rude...

What was the subject of this thread again? It WAS about hijacking threads, right?

Re: Watching your backcast

feeds@yuku.com (Jim Laing) — Mon, 04 May 2009 18:39:43 GMT

I don't know if they are mean Terry, they seem nice, but I have concerns -
you can bet I will be watching my backcast when I'm around these guys...

Big salute on running the show next year. Really cool to have a fellow casting fanatic taking care of the biz -

Re: Watching your backcast

feeds@yuku.com (Terry Beeson) — Mon, 04 May 2009 17:19:01 GMT

People who hijack a thread are just downright mean. I think if you hijack a thread, you should be punished in some way... What do you guys think?

Re: Watching your backcast

feeds@yuku.com (FlyFishAR) — Mon, 04 May 2009 15:38:04 GMT

This thread has officially been hijacked........

Re: Watching your backcast

feeds@yuku.com (hauloholic2) — Mon, 04 May 2009 13:37:38 GMT

Usual time is when people are typically active, like from 07:00 to 19:00. That's the biological clock that most people live by. So, either get up 3 or 4 hours earlier then them, or stay asleep 6 hours later and start out in the afternoon behind everyone else -- but fish all night. I typically fish in the summer from 9:00 at night until 04:00 or 05:00 when the early birds start waking up. Believe me, it works... You have the most aggressive/willing fish to play with, and all the space you...

Re: Watching your backcast

feeds@yuku.com (Terry Beeson) — Mon, 04 May 2009 13:03:10 GMT

Boy, you just talked my wife into that part, Troy... LOL... Her standard answer to me suggesting we go fishing is that she is not "getting up at the butt-crack of dawn" to fish...

As for the plane ticket, that's what I need the sponsor for... Someone to buy my tickets.

Re: Watching your backcast

feeds@yuku.com (FlyFishAR) — Mon, 04 May 2009 11:56:55 GMT

What is "usual time"?

Re: Watching your backcast

feeds@yuku.com (hauloholic2) — Mon, 04 May 2009 11:27:29 GMT

Sponsor?? All you need is a plane ticket, man. I've got a 2000 Toyota 4Runner that's totally reliable and can sleep two in the back (you stay in your sleeping bag and I'll stay in mine and we'll get along just fine...). No, it's not the Hyatt, but it's free and we only sleep in the daytime so it's nice and warm anyways...

The water was low and clear on many of the southeastern streams this winter/early spring, as I understand. I would guess that by...

Re: Watching your backcast

feeds@yuku.com (Terry Beeson) — Mon, 04 May 2009 06:55:08 GMT

I'm still looking for a "sponsor" to send me to Seward's Folly for a couple of weeks... or months... Besides... Cindy is convinced it's 30 deg up there year round...

Re: Watching your backcast

feeds@yuku.com (FlyFishAR) — Mon, 04 May 2009 06:31:56 GMT

Hey Troy how is the winter / spring steelhead fishing south of Anchorage through Juno? Are you plugged in on that yet?

Trust me I am strongly considering your offer. Our only issue is being able to take the time off. Both of us.

Re: Watching your backcast

feeds@yuku.com (hauloholic2) — Sun, 03 May 2009 23:08:47 GMT

John --

You know that you have an standing invitation to come fish the last frontier with me this summer, or any other time that I'm still up here. There, it's in the public record. But in return, you have to critique and clean up my tracking...

haul

Re: Watching your backcast

feeds@yuku.com (FlyFishAR) — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:50:15 GMT

Terry there isn't enough bronze on the planet to bronze your nards.

Re: Watching your backcast

feeds@yuku.com (FlyFishAR) — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:48:39 GMT

Troy if I have embarassed you in any way......

My day is complete.......

I am so jealous of the fishing you are about to have, you have no idea. If there is any way I can torment you please let me know. I'm just here kicking rocks.

Re: Watching your backcast

feeds@yuku.com (Terry Beeson) — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:24:37 GMT

hauloholic2 wrote:
...John, you're one of the most graceful powercasters I've ever seen...

Troy... I've made the comment to many a folk that watching John cast, he looks like he's sitting in his recliner with a beer in his hand watching Andy Griffith reruns... and casting 100 ft while doing it...

However, I will not consider bronzing my nards anytime soon... but I probably know several...

Re: Watching your backcast

feeds@yuku.com (hauloholic2) — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:06:45 GMT

LOL, you crack me up John.

I have to admit to being embarassed at my response above. Normally I will type something and then go away for a while and then review it before posting. My normal (not always great) judgment is even worse today -- just got in from the island and haven't slept in almost 2 days. I really wasn't intending to bash your thoughts, but my post comes across as something of a contradictory attack. John, you're one of the most graceful powercasters...

Watching your backcast

feeds@yuku.com (dp) — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 08:14:23 GMT

As one who earned a certificate to continue learning from John Wilson a few years ago, I have a question for forum readers. How many of you watch your back cast? How many of you teach your students to watch and analyze their cast by watching their back cast? Why or why not?

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