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Piero Letizia - Casting
and Strategies
Master in Casting - indisputably one of the best
caster of the world !
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Fly fisher since 1972
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Director of the Fly Casting School c/o Fly Angling Club of Rome (1974 -1986)
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Director of the Fly Casting School c/o Tiber Fly Casting Club of Rome (since
1986)
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Director of the Fly Casting School c/o Club Mouche Franchi (1985 - 1986)
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Director of the Roman subsidiary of the Fly Fishing School c/o F.I.P.S. (National Federation of sportfishing 1985 - 1988)
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Training Executive together with R. Pragliola in the first SIM "T.L.T.
Course for Casting Instructors" (1987)
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Founder of "Advanced Fly Casting School" (oct. 1992), the major Italian
organization in training fly fishers, specially committed to: professional
training - rational teaching methodology - promotion of an unbeatable casting
technique - enhancement of fishing tackle with particular regard to rods
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Correspondent for various fishing periodicals
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A soft
landing of the fly in the water while generating a
perfect flyline spiral on the air, a way to
delay its contact with the currents and the dragging,
is one of the possible evolutions of a sophisticated
fly casting technique like the "PL & EC" - a
signature of Piero Letizia ! |
The three following 60% slow down
video clip can help you understand the value of using a
sophisticated casting technique
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In
the first stage of the fly-casting action
the artificial
falls onto the water (1°
Fly - 2° leader - 3° Fly Line with downstream
projection and over the runs).
The
Fly-Line keeps on flying in a spiral in the opposite
direction to the artificial.
This complicate presentation allows you to delay the
dragging effect, especially in a difficult pass as
that of heavy runs, increasing your chances of
success. |
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In the second videoclip the action is carried out
following the same criteria, with a wider spiral in
the air. |
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In the third videoclip you will see a macroscopic
design of the spiral with left projection, which
allows for a longer delay of the dragging effect. |
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These actions can only be carried out using a
sophisticated casting technique based on
“rationalized movements”, which allows the caster to
avoid one serious mistake as that of the “Passive
Accelerations”. A relevant example is the use of the
so-called “double acceleration” (otherwise
mistakenly called “double haul”) when it is
unnecessary.
In all of the casting actions the left hand is
rarely used to increase the casting speed, and the
main focus is on controlling the “fly-line design”.
The
left hand is mainly used to control the “fly-line
tightness”, especially in casting distances up to
18-20 meters in length. |
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