[This is the third in a series of five articles examining the physics and mechanics that determine the outcomes of all casts, based on Ed Jaworowski’s nearly 70 years of casting, testing, experimentation, teaching, and consulting with physicists, kinesiologists, and engineers. THE EDITOR.]
DURING A CONVERSATION WITH A PHYSICIST 30 YEARS AGO, IT BECAME CLEAR TO ME THAT THE ANGLE BETWEEN THE ROD AND THE LINE COMING FROM THE ROD TIP, AT THE MOMENT YOU START TO LOAD THE ROD, IS OF GREAT IMPORTANCE. IT MAY AND SHOULD VARY, DEPENDING ON THE AMOUNT OF BEND OR LOAD YOU REQUIRE FOR EACH CAST. THIS ASSUMES, OF COURSE, THAT THERE IS NO SLACK IN THE LINE, AND IT APPLIES TO BOTH THE BACK AND FORWARD CASTS. AT THAT TIME, I HAD NOT…