“Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountain is going home; that wildness is necessity; that mountain parks and reservations are useful not only as fountains of timber and irrigating rivers, but as fountains of life.”


John Muir
Showing posts with label Lateral Motion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lateral Motion. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Thrust or Lateral Motion in the cast


Anatomy of a thrust from SIM Suisse Simfly.ch on Vimeo.

We have had a lot of discussion this year on our floats about the "proper" casting stroke.

The attached is a great example of the lateral motion of the proper cast. Note the red box and elbow movement of the fly caster.