Reach Cast question

[hungNtree]

The other day I went fishing and was trying to do a left reach cast. I've practiced this many times and though I'm not the best caster in the world, I usually don't have any problem with this cast. I know this is a terrible way to explain my problem, but hopefully some one will get it. Normally a left reach cast should look similar to this

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Except the bottom line should be running straight with the bottom of the line. I hope someone figures out what I mean. Anyway, I kept getting a little curl at the end of my line. Normally not a problem, but I couldn't get the curl out of my cast. making it look something like this

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bottom part of the two is the rod, the line lays out at an angle just like it is suppose to , but then curled back on itself. I hope my explaining what it did is understandable. And I hope someone can tell me what I was doing wrong so I can get my cast straightened out. I thought i might be stopping my cast to quick, but If I was i never did get it to work out right.

thanks in advance,
hNt

[rainbowchaser]

Could you be overpowering the cast?

[BSwan]

I have found that reach casts can be too hurried. Don't start the reach too soon but let your cast extend a lot more toward your target and then deliberately and rhythmically move your rod tip lower and to the left. See if you can find online some of the wonderful videos of Maggie Merriman teaching these techniques. She is brilliantly understated and clear in her demonstrations.

[Lew]

What kind of fly and tippet? Fly too big? Leader diameter too small? This is where I usually have difficulty.

[hungNtree]

Thanks for your responses.

Lew, I changed flies several times and made the same curl with every cast. I had a 6ft leader on, which is pretty much all I ever use. I was casting right handed and to side armed due to the overhanging tree limbs. I'm wondering if rainbowchaser is right and I was over powering the cast? Oh well, I guess I'll just have to go back to the creek and practice. And as long as I'm there... I'll have to check out those videos Bswan, thanks for the tip.

hNt

[Uncle Jesse]

HNT, you know somedays John Smoltz just couldn't get the ball to break like he wanted it to either. It happens to the best of us.