At the end of every cast stroke there is a stop. When you make this stop and as the rod unloads, the shaking of the rod tip, I believe this is called dampening, yes? At any rate, If at the the stop in your cast, as the rod is unloading, if it shakes more, will it cost you distance, or just accuracy. The reason I ask, is that it seems to me that every time the rod tip quivers its going to send tremors down the line. To me, it seems like this would hamper a tight loop, or even a smooth more open loop, in effect causing lost accuracy and distance. Am I far off base here? If I am on track then it stands to reason that a stiffer rod, or one that returns to its original form faster, will be a much more accurate fishing tool, as well as allow the angler to possibly reach out and touch someone a little better?