Casting question
I’ve been doing some work on my casts lately and having some noticeable improvements and I’m developing a better awareness for what’s going well and where I’m making mistakes. I do have one issue that shows up at times though, and I’m not totally sure what may be causing it, or how to address it. I’m guessing this is something obvious, but at times I’ll have a cast go out that looks and feels great at first: nice tight pointy loop, with good line speed (good, but not great), only to watch the cast not turn over at the end.
When this happens it’s when I’m trying for substantial distance, but I am also getting lots of casts to turn over completely at those distances (or occasionally more distance) with the same set up. I haven’t been able to conclusively pin down what’s so different. My best guess is that some of them seem to have higher line speed, but I’ve not been able to say what I did differently?
I’m using a Tarpon taper line, with a short stout leader, and a 2/0 baitfish pattern. My best guess is that the cast is just running out of gas to turn over the fly, but I’m not totally sure where to start. Of course I’ve tried to just clobber it as hard as I can (no, not deliberately), with predictably disastrous results! I’m also wondering if carrying too much line into the back cast could be a contributing factor? I’d welcome any ideas...
Thanks!
JB
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