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Summary: The abrupt stop of a fly fishing cast throws the line back, off the rod tip, and the pause allows the line to straighten out. Learn more about fly rod and line movement during the abrupt stop and pause part of a cast in this free fly fishing video lesson.
Alvin has been a fly fishing guide and casting instructor for 12 years, and has been fly fishing for 32 years. He is a graduate of the first Joan Wulff fly-casting instructor's...read more
"ALVIN DEDEAUX: So that stop looks like this with your rod tip. And you'll notice that the rod is loading up. I'm doing my power snap and then I'd make that abrupt stop. And the stop is actually what's throwing the line off the rod tip. If I do it and I don't really stop, I'm not really putting nearly as much power. I'm doing my power snap with my pause and everything, but it's really the stop that throws the line off the rod tip. And then you just want to pause long enough for that line to almost completely straighten out and you start it all over again."
eHow Article: Line Movement in the Abrupt Stop & Pause of a Fly Fishing Cast