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Casting
Mar 1, 2006 20:32:57 GMT -5
Post by Sandison on Mar 1, 2006 20:32:57 GMT -5
When casting, with a fly rod, do you think that the forward weight should be put on the right foot, or the left foot?
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Casting
Mar 1, 2006 22:44:02 GMT -5
Post by Tytelynes on Mar 1, 2006 22:44:02 GMT -5
As a right handed caster I like the right foot forward for accuracy at short distance, right foot back for long strokes.
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Casting
Mar 1, 2006 22:59:20 GMT -5
Post by BrianYates on Mar 1, 2006 22:59:20 GMT -5
When casting, with a fly rod, do you think that the forward weight should be put on the right foot, or the left foot? Bruce, with a two hander left hand up right foot forward,right hand up left foot forward. With a single hander i do not really care which foot forward unless i am really pushing for distance in which case it would be the same as the two hander. tight lines,Brian
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birdsnest
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Casting
Mar 2, 2006 10:04:35 GMT -5
Post by birdsnest on Mar 2, 2006 10:04:35 GMT -5
I think I'm the same as tytelynes, RT foot forward for short range but opening up for range.
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Casting
Mar 2, 2006 12:13:47 GMT -5
Post by davidr on Mar 2, 2006 12:13:47 GMT -5
doesnt seem to matter just as long as neither foot is on the line!
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Casting
Mar 2, 2006 12:51:15 GMT -5
Post by JonMartin on Mar 2, 2006 12:51:15 GMT -5
I seem to adopt the same stance as I do with a shotgun, with the same soft shoe shuffle for changes in direction.
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Post by guideline on Mar 3, 2006 6:53:29 GMT -5
I think the stance is idividualistic and think ing about it myself I sure it is left foot slightly forward and this i find for both short and distance casting. How can you adopt this method when keeping a low profile on your knees, you dont, it is simply an open stance between each knee. The most important thing is feeling comfortable and being able to cast and present the fly properly.
Guideline
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Casting
Mar 3, 2006 15:06:29 GMT -5
Post by Sandison on Mar 3, 2006 15:06:29 GMT -5
guideline
That works for me, feeling 'comfortable'.
I have, however, endless, and often heated debates, about right/left hand reel settings.
When (not often) I connect with a fish, I pass the rod to my left hand (I am right-handed): in the belief that if anything goes wrong then my 'best' hand is better able to cope: outboard motor falling off, drifting onto rocks, my fishing partner head-over-heels overboard, that sort of thing...
Does this make any sort of sense?
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Casting
Mar 3, 2006 19:03:13 GMT -5
Post by guideline on Mar 3, 2006 19:03:13 GMT -5
Hi Sandison not being a boat fisherman i cant really comment on that as the main of my fishing is stalking trout in small rivers with additional fishing for Salmon and Sea trout, and SWFF of course. I am right handed and dont switch hands at all when landing a fish. Again to me its all about feeling comfortable and confident in your technique, and of course occasionally adapting to the sitaution at hand. Never lost a fish yet
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Casting
Mar 10, 2006 5:58:40 GMT -5
Post by rusty on Mar 10, 2006 5:58:40 GMT -5
Bruce, A lot of 'professionals' teach that a right handed person should hold the rod with their right hand and turn the reel with their left. To pass the coaching exams this is the bullshit they want to hear. It is based on flyfishing for tidlers. Talk to the real pros. on the flats and they give you the true advice. They are talking about playing real game fish up to hundreds of pounds. You always reel with your best hand. Period. So what you are doing is just fine. The magazines and pros can say what they like. Rusty
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Casting
Mar 10, 2006 8:56:56 GMT -5
Post by The Otter Startler on Mar 10, 2006 8:56:56 GMT -5
Bruce, A lot of 'professionals' teach that a right handed person should hold the rod with their right hand and turn the reel with their left. To pass the coaching exams this is the bullshit they want to hear. It is based on flyfishing for tidlers. Talk to the real pros. on the flats and they give you the true advice. They are talking about playing real game fish up to hundreds of pounds. You always reel with your best hand. Period. So what you are doing is just fine. The magazines and pros can say what they like. Rusty So nice to know it is so cast in stone. What a pity I've done it wrong all my life. Oh and what should we do? Talk to the real pros. on the flats and they give you the true advice. OR The magazines and pros can say what they like. But then I guess I just waste my time fishing for Samon Sewin and other tiddlers. Just not man enough, obviously my problem....
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Casting
Mar 10, 2006 10:19:18 GMT -5
Post by rusty on Mar 10, 2006 10:19:18 GMT -5
Simon,
Try not to be cynical. It is called continuous impovement.
rusty. ;D
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Casting
Mar 10, 2006 16:06:56 GMT -5
Post by The Otter Startler on Mar 10, 2006 16:06:56 GMT -5
Simon, Try not to be cynical. It is called continuous impovement. rusty. ;D Rusty - try not to be proscriptive and dogmatic - it's called being a bit of an arsehole!
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Casting
Mar 15, 2006 17:47:12 GMT -5
Post by Gordon on Mar 15, 2006 17:47:12 GMT -5
The persistance of RHW reels for right-handed anglers owes as much to "path dependency" as the continuing use of the notoriously inefficient QWERTY keyboard (actually designed to slow typists down)
the RHW brigade seems to consist mainly of tweed clad conservative "gentlemen" and Americans. I am close to believing that there is some kind of Victorian/"born again" Redemptionist belief that doing anything with the left hand is somehow tainted, dirty or (literally) sinister.
Anybodywho learnt their angling coarse fishing will automatically use the left hand for winding, and this will be much more effective. Of course our transatlantic cousins our brought up using multipliers for baitcasting, produced by long established companies who can't be bothered to change their machine tools to produce LHW reels. Having been brought up using their right hand for winding they naturally continue to use this hand later.
I remember when I was about 15 deciding to learn to use my left boot for kciking a rugby ball. it took about a month of regular practise... and even now I can punt a ball an equal distance with both feet. The later you leave learning physical gestures such as using the left hand for reeling the more difficult it appears to be... it is far easier to come up with ridiculous justifications. Just think - is it easier to for adult to learn to reel with the left hand or to master the complex gestures of a double haul or a doulble spey cast!
Gordon
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Casting
Mar 15, 2006 18:51:31 GMT -5
Post by John Gray on Mar 15, 2006 18:51:31 GMT -5
I am right handed, cast with my right hand and wind with my left. This is how I have always done it and it seems natural to me. In playing a fish, I adjust the tension on the line by the use of my right forefinger, over which the line runs, and find no difficulty in winding with my left hand.
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