Ok, don't ask what got me thinking about this, but somehow I got this question in my head:


As every article for beginning casters states, we use fly line instead of mono so that the fly rod will load and do its thing.. I got that, makes perfect sense, but...

Assuming perfect technique (you know.. the opposite end of the spectrum from me ), is it possible, or would it theoretically be possible, to cast farther than the length of the fly line?

Say we're using a 9ft rod. I *think* that it's still possible to cast if the backing/line connection is at the tip of the rod - the fly line is there to load the rod.

But what if we were 20 ft into the backing? Take off the 9ft of rod and that's 11 ft of backing in the air, plus the 100ft or so of fly line (plus leader, tippet, fly). . .

The weight of the fly line is still there to load the rod, but I'm not sure about that backing...

What do ya'll think? Is that theoretically possible, with "perfect" technique?

(I'm not setting a goal for myself, or anything.. hehe.. just had the question pop into mind.)

-MZR