I once saw a very interesting/convincing demonstration of teaching to cast. It was done by George Harveys pal,the name escapes me, but in essence he demonstrated kneeling on one knee. He placed his elbow with rod in hand and about 15 feet of line out on the upright knee and advised to use wrist only. He only had to give the student a cadence count for the back and forth rod motion and within a minute or two, the concept of casting a flyline was firmly implanted in the student. It sure worked on the child he used in his demo.

Mark

[This message has been edited by Marco (edited 11 June 2006).]