Casting Stroke

[rabbitangler]

Straight line path assumes you are picking up the line and vasting it in a straight line, then the line will be in the plane of the rod. However in a river fishing situation , as I'm sure you'll agree Fred, this is almost never the case - hence all types of spey/switch casts to reposition the line as we prepare to cast.

In Ollie's video the fly is cast and allowed to drift down till it drags. He then casts to his next fishy looking spot. To do this you would as point the rod at where we want the fly to land. In doing so the line is at a fair angle to the delivery point..........soooooooooo the line is not in the plane of the final delivery so you cannot get SLP in this situation.

Video footage is very deceptive.... the film industry is based onthat.

[Wildfisher]

A great answer Peter thanks!    

A bit bitchy about the film industry though, you mean Jean Luc Picard never really beamed down anywhere?  :lol:

[Wildfisher]

How many tinmes a day when fishing on a river do you perform the same cast?

Exactly the point of the thread. Don't get too hung up on the 'correct'  way of doing things. Your new, unusual or unconventional cast or style might just be tomorrow's hot new cast that everyone want to learn. 

[scotty9]

A great answer Peter thanks!    

A bit bitchy about the film industry though, you mean Jean Luc Picard never really beamed down anywhere?  :lol:

Of course he did, he was the enterprise captain.

[rabbitangler]

A bit bitchy about the film industry though, you mean Jean Luc Picard never really beamed down anywhere?  :lol:

And Scottie didn't beam up Kirk or Spock :shock: (He wisnae a scot either :shock: :shock:)