Wow,Pete,what a post!!! Let's see...how do I cast?With great difficulty,of course.

I saw Lefty cast at a show and tried to emulate him.Meanwhile,I let a little Kreiger in for good measure.Just to cap it,I saw a Sage casting analyzer graph of some famous caster and that told me some more.

If you never saw it,the rod/line keeps accelerating,faster and faster,then a dead stop.The graph looks the same forward or backward cast.I think of that and keeping the rod tip travel in as straight a line as I can.If I get too much to remember,I will mess up.Kind of like my golf swing...I try to keep it simple and repeatable.

I'm no great caster...but it works fairly well for me.

Best Regards,bd