Many thanks for casting church

Ulrich Boser

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Feb 13, 2022, 3:46:07 PM2/13/22

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Brook, Owen, and Carl,

Many thanks for all the help today. Was a blast -- and very grateful for the expert tips. See you next month!

jbro...@gmail.com

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Feb 13, 2022, 6:27:43 PM2/13/22

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Hey all — Saw this on another fly fishing forum and thought it may be of interest here:

https://youtu.be/LVGHjL4zRy0

Watching this video may be the the most useful 20 minutes you ever spend while learning how to cast.

Watch it now and mark your calendar to watch it again on the Saturday before the next Casting Church.

It is Jim Green teaching how to cast. Jim Green designed virtually all of the Fenwick glass and original graphite rods and then moved to Sage, where he designed graphite rods for them before retiring. During his career he built rods out of bamboo, glass, graphite and boron.

Owen Williams

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Feb 14, 2022, 8:17:01 AM2/14/22

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Thanks, Brook. An excellent break-down of casting dynamics, and it's amazing to see the properties of those early glass rods in the hands of a master.

One question: where can I get a hat like Jim's? 😂

Owen Williams

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Feb 14, 2022, 8:25:26 AM2/14/22

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Great to have you with us, Ulrich!

When you do find time to get out to practice, I've found that it's better for me when I am able to work in several shorter sessions of like 20-30 minutes and focus on one thing (straight line path, accuracy at 30', whatever) rather than setting aside an hour or seventy-five minutes. As Joey and I were discussing yesterday, I get tired and then I start reinforcing bad habits and locking them into my "muscle memory" which I then have to unlearn.

YMMV, and I get that we all have other things sucking up our time if you can't get out to the yard a couple or three times a week.

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Joey

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Feb 14, 2022, 11:17:33 AM2/14/22

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Likewise many thanks to Regan, Carl and Owen for all the expert and patient instruction! (And Andrew a couple of months ago!) After all the backyard casting practice it's so satisfying to be around folks and learn and practice the improved technique. I really look forward to it.

Owen Williams

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Feb 15, 2022, 8:49:14 AM2/15/22

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Always great to talk with people who are on a different part of the path, Joey.

FWIW, The best all-around casting videos I've seen are from Bumcast: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_DqM1J1BeLSqqqFxpyhk3UwFs5zo6Tno

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