{"id":156,"date":"2017-11-16T08:23:29","date_gmt":"2017-11-16T08:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/flycast\/?p=156"},"modified":"2025-06-03T08:18:23","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T07:18:23","slug":"drift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/flycast\/drift\/","title":{"rendered":"Drift"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/242878422?rel=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Key Points:<\/strong> Rod Drift is a <em>subtle<\/em>\u00a0movement that repositions the rod between Casting Strokes. It can allow you to widen (or sometimes narrow) the available Casting Arc. It also can cushion the rod tip and improve timing.<\/p>\n<p>The full definition of Drift is this:<\/p>\n<p><b>Drift: To position the rod between casting strokes.<\/b><br \/>\n<i>Moving the rod to adjust Casting Arc, Stroke Length or Casting Plane. Drift applies little or no force on the line.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong>Please note:<\/strong> you can only learn this skill once you have thoroughly developed a repeatable casting stroke with tight loops both back and forwards. Otherwise it&#8217;s going to make your casting worse!<\/p>\n<p>Mel Krieger taught me to drift, many years ago, I can&#8217;t remember if he said it or I&#8217;ve since used it, but <em>imagine you are feeling for the unrolling loop with the rod tip<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Here are my latest thoughts on Drifting:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Drift - part2. Flycasting Masterclass\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FY0JrViZWm0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Here is an original page from Sexyloops on Drifting:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/articles\/drifting.shtml\">http:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/articles\/drifting.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_115\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-115\" style=\"width: 851px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/index.php\/webshop\/list\/70\/fly-rods\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-115 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/flycast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/hot_torpedos.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"851\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/flycast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/hot_torpedos.jpg 851w, https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/flycast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/hot_torpedos-300x111.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/flycast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/hot_torpedos-768x284.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 851px) 100vw, 851px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-115\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It&#8217;s an exploration. Bring a fly rod. Designed for you by Paul Arden.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Small Instructor note: The IFF have defined Drift differently from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/flycasting\/definitions2.shtml\">Sexyloops<\/a> and with them you can only drift in one direction and that is rotation away from the next Casting Stroke. You will notice that my Drift is predominantly \u00a0upwards. The IFF currently has no term for this \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Cheers, Paul<\/p>\n<p>Got a question? This is the place:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sexyloops.co.uk\/theboard\/viewforum.php?f=46\">http:\/\/www.sexyloops.co.uk\/theboard\/viewforum.php?f=46<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Or drop me an email: <a href=\"mailto:paul@sexyloops.com\">paul@sexyloops.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key Points: Rod Drift is a subtle\u00a0movement that repositions the rod between Casting Strokes. It can allow you to widen (or sometimes narrow) the available Casting Arc. It also can cushion the rod tip and improve timing. The full definition of Drift is this: Drift: To position the rod between casting strokes. Moving the rod &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/flycast\/drift\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Drift<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/flycast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/flycast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/flycast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/flycast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/flycast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/flycast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":542,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/flycast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156\/revisions\/542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/flycast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/flycast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/flycast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}