Some thoughts on making a good cast
back cast notes


1 Start SLOW-make sure you can accelerate to the stop-aligned to the forward cast

Rod bends more as you accelerate and unbends if your coasting or decelerating
If rod is trying to unbend before the stop it tries to cast line in a straight path aligned with last acceleration while your still dragging line(at this point that all you can do)to align it to the forward cast(180 degrees)
This is VERY common and a very difficult to get good aligned anchor or a loaded D loop

2 Start LOW-ALWAYS make sure you have more lift left(in the tip) to the stop

A slight lift through the cast allows a slower acceleration while still increasing load/tension in rod-gravity helps use

Any time tip drops load/tension is lost-gravity hurts also

If after the lift your tip is quite high you are forced to a VERY short stroke without dropping the tip also it brings the line path(line path in a spey backcast is from the tip straight down-think gravity-DANGER WILL ROBINSON DANGER -Short Scandi heads deal with a high lift/short stroke well but mid/long lines will not

3 Getting a powerful and well aligned D/V loop-make sure at peak power tip/ is heading opposite forward cast-this can be easy and hard

I like to use my body as a stop-align feet to forward cast target and turn torso to the dangle

At start I make my lift turn torso to align with feet and make the backcast with arms-easy does it -many caster don't use enough body and to much arms
It doesn't take much arms to make a 150 foot cast if you let the body do the hard work and it's REAL hard on your arms to make a 150 cast with minimal body use

more to come