12-24-2010, 12:02 PM
Thanks for the encouragement. I have NO thoughts of giving up, but I couldn't help but see the humor of the situation. I'd spent hours reading articles about casting, more than a couple youtube videos, I thought I had this thing figured out. I had to laugh when reality set in.
A coworker gave me some advice that I think will help me out. I described the whip crack I sometimes got. Obviously (to him, apparently not to me), even though I was coming to a distinct stop, I wasn't letting the line straighten adequately. He told me I was probably breaking my wrist too. I told him that wasn't an issue. I spend lot of time working over a heavy bag, I know how to keep my wrist straight. He showed me the way to bend my wrist forward and make a more or less straight plain of my hand and the top of my forearm. Hurt like hell if you tried to punch something like that, but I can see it as a little more constant for this skill, and I think it'll keep my rod tip from going so far behind me. Ahhh, "breaking" your wrist has very different meanings with boxing and casting (also when crashing a motorcycle but that's all healed).
I work pretty much dark to dark 'til Sunday but can't wait to try it some more, if only in the back yard.
Thanks again for the encouragement.
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A coworker gave me some advice that I think will help me out. I described the whip crack I sometimes got. Obviously (to him, apparently not to me), even though I was coming to a distinct stop, I wasn't letting the line straighten adequately. He told me I was probably breaking my wrist too. I told him that wasn't an issue. I spend lot of time working over a heavy bag, I know how to keep my wrist straight. He showed me the way to bend my wrist forward and make a more or less straight plain of my hand and the top of my forearm. Hurt like hell if you tried to punch something like that, but I can see it as a little more constant for this skill, and I think it'll keep my rod tip from going so far behind me. Ahhh, "breaking" your wrist has very different meanings with boxing and casting (also when crashing a motorcycle but that's all healed).
I work pretty much dark to dark 'til Sunday but can't wait to try it some more, if only in the back yard.
Thanks again for the encouragement.
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