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Post by charlieH on Oct 9, 2007 8:53:07 GMT
I tend to put a 'Bloody L' in my anchor with single speys off both shoulders. The esteemed Mr Gunn told me that it was caused by something to do with my initial lift, but wasn't more forthcoming than that - perhaps because I didn't offer to cross his palm with silver.  Can anyone else advise in any more detail as to the cause and (more importantly) the solution? |
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Post by John Gray on Oct 9, 2007 8:59:46 GMT
I tend to put a 'Bloody L' in my anchor with single speys off both shoulders. The esteemed Mr Gunn told me that...... Was that not just an involuntary exclamation on the part of said Mr Gunn? The solution....... cast only when alone! |
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Post by nessc on Oct 11, 2007 6:56:45 GMT
Reason for the bloody L = Not getting the anchor far enough around to the side of the angler.
The main solution would be to increase the application of power on the seep into the anchor. An incresed lift will also make the sweep easier as it reduces the resistance between the line and the water.
This is one of the easier problems to solve. Keep it simple and you should have no problems.
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Post by lamson on Oct 11, 2007 7:30:45 GMT
I tend to put a 'Bloody L' in my anchor with single speys off both shoulders. The esteemed Mr Gunn told me that...... Was that not just an involuntary exclamation on the part of said Mr Gunn? The solution....... cast only when alone! To elaborate a bit, I deleted my last post as it was not helpful. Consider these; 1) Too much dip in the sweep( do a shallow smile dip) -reading the posts in the faults thread maybe helpful. 2) The lift, possibly not perfectly vertical. regards. Lamson |
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Post by John Gray on Oct 11, 2007 18:30:19 GMT
Was that not just an involuntary exclamation on the part of said Mr Gunn? The solution....... cast only when alone! To elaborate a bit, I deleted my last post as it was not helpful. Consider these; 1) Too much dip in the sweep( do a shallow smile dip) -reading the posts in the faults thread maybe helpful. 2) The lift, possibly not perfetly vertical. regards. Lamson Yes, I must admit that your post was much more helpful than mine, if not quite so humorous. |
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Post by lamson on Oct 11, 2007 18:44:53 GMT
It's the Ying and Yang thing John.
Steve
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Post by fredaevans on Oct 31, 2007 14:15:17 GMT
I'll add my .02 cents here. The "why" of the Bloody L.
The simple answer is the 'mechanics' of a single hand rod or a 2-hander rod are exactly the same ..... to achieve a change in direction (from down stream to across stream). With a single hander you do this with 'false casting' to bring your line direction from down to across.
With a 2-hander it's the placement of the anchor that achieves this action. BOTH require a 180 degree directional change from that point from forward, to backward and back (forward) over the water.
When you get the Bloody L what you've done is cast ABOVE your anchor/pick point which, effectively, requires your fly line to drag/pull the anchor our of the water (think of a bucket on the end of your fly line).
To cut to the chase here, regardless of where you want to cast, you MUST cast over the anchor point (generally thought of as the connection between line and leader (dry line). Otherwise you'll get the "BL."
Fred
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