“If fly casting is about the rod loading/unloading, and therefore impulsing the line by transferring its potential energy to it… shouldn’t the Bow and Arrow cast be the distance technique of choice?”
The Technocrat
“If fly casting is about the rod loading/unloading, and therefore impulsing the line by transferring its potential energy to it… shouldn’t the Bow and Arrow cast be the distance technique of choice?”
The Technocrat
“—Let the rod do the work!
This familiar casting advice suggests that it is the rod that does the work in casting. What is more accurate to say is that in order to get more out of your fly rod, you, the caster, must learn to work more efficiently.”
Al Kyte