{"id":80,"date":"2017-10-19T13:33:19","date_gmt":"2017-10-19T12:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/flycast\/?p=80"},"modified":"2024-07-09T06:12:09","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T05:12:09","slug":"circles-eights-and-straights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/flycast\/circles-eights-and-straights\/","title":{"rendered":"Circles Eights and Straights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/238452423?rel=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Minimum Power Drill<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sexyloops Fly Casting Masterclass: Minimum Power Drill\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_ZTx9hNAcrU?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>This is a practise drill. With a short length of line, using the rod tip draw Circles, Figure-of-Eights (or &#8220;Infinities&#8221; as James Evans points out \ud83d\ude42 ) and then Straight lines.<\/p>\n<p>As you <em>play<\/em> with this, watch how the rod tip path is responsible for the loop shapes and also notice the changes in how the rod and line feel.<\/p>\n<p>There is often one hidden advantage to this exercise; it&#8217;s very challenging to make the 8-shape using only your wrist and so hopefully this will naturally assist you into bringing your elbow into play.<\/p>\n<p>Have fun!!!<\/p>\n<p><em>Thanks to Joan Wulff for this exercise. And thanks to Peter Hayes and Matt Howell for pointing me to the hidden advantage!<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_120\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-120\" style=\"width: 851px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"p:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/index.php\/ps\/reviews\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-120 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/flycast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/ht5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"851\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/flycast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/ht5.jpg 851w, https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/flycast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/ht5-300x111.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/flycast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/ht5-768x284.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 851px) 100vw, 851px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-120\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It&#8217;s an exploration. Bring a fly rod. Designed for you by Paul Arden.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If you have been following the exercises it might be a good idea now to refresh yourself with both the Triangle Method and the Pick-Up and Lay-Down Cast before carrying on.<\/p>\n<p>Got a question? Try here on the Board:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sexyloops.co.uk\/theboard\/viewforum.php?f=39\">http:\/\/www.sexyloops.co.uk\/theboard\/viewforum.php?f=39<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Or simply send me an email <a href=\"mailto:paul@sexyloops.com\">paul@sexyloops.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minimum Power Drill This is a practise drill. With a short length of line, using the rod tip draw Circles, Figure-of-Eights (or &#8220;Infinities&#8221; as James Evans points out \ud83d\ude42 ) and then Straight lines. As you play with this, watch how the rod tip path is responsible for the loop shapes and also notice the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/flycast\/circles-eights-and-straights\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Circles Eights and Straights<\/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":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/flycast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80"}],"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=80"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/flycast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":533,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/flycast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80\/revisions\/533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/flycast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/flycast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/flycast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}