Fly Casting Dynamics - A Mechanistic Model and a Rod Predictive System
, Presented here is a mechanistic modeling of fly casting dynamics which illuminates the "big picture" realities of fly rod developement in the past 50 years WITHOUT the fact-obscuring hype of rod manufacturers. This model leads to presentation of a system for easily evaluating and predicting the salient features of a rod as a casting tool.
I Intro The Fly Rod as a Hammer..........and as an earthworm.............page 1
II Really..........Hammers and earthworms.................................................page 5
III The Model of the Cast...........................................................................page 8
IV The Acceleration Phase - the meat of the cast…and the model.............page 14
V The Predictive Model.............................................................................page 21
VI The Haul - The First Model.....................................................................page 27
VII The Haul - The Second Model................................................................page 34
VIII The Haul - The Third (and last) Model....................................................page 42