Practicing casting trying different things that I have seen on an overhead cast.. There seems to be those who briskly pick up on the backcast and stop past vertical, and those who pickup very slowly and make a pronounced power stroke at around 10 o'clock stopping just past vertical, almost flipping the fly behind and over their heads. Both seem to do the job. But I am a brisk lifter and am trying different methods on the pickup. I'm sure it could be dictated by circumstance... Just curious to see what you all are comfortable with.
Janus