The
Striping Basket for Overhead and Underhand casting.
For
Double Overhead casting rods and their lines a
stripping basket clipped to the waist is the most
suitable, In fact it is a requirement.
This
will help with distance casting, as the line has
less distance to travel up to the first stripper
guide, this line is a weight that has to be lifted
into the rod's guide arrangement before travelling
outwards.
Lifting
this weight reduces line speed. Reduce the line
speed, reduces the distance the line is cast.
Therefore if the caster lifts the line closer
to the rod, there is less weight to be lifted
and therefore a longer cast can be achieved. These
conditions apply equally to both Overhead and
Underhand casting.
Tangles
/ knots in the running / shooting line?
These
occur because of, and how to overcome the problem.
A
The line has a preset twist.
B A twist is now been placed in the line,
during the day or from the last day's fishing.
C
The line is dirty or no slippery enough.
D
The Stripping Basket is NOT FLAT enough.
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A
The line has a preset twist.
This
common problem occurred when you first removed
the line from the factory coils.
Once there has been a set placed into the line,
it is almost impossible to remove it.
To
prevent this happening again. With your new line
still in the factory coils. Place a plastic soft
drink bottle inside the coil of line, attach one
end, and unwind the line, slowly, by rotating
the bottle and line. Then, lay the line out straight,
(one end should be still attached), with your
hand slowly run it down the line, this is without
applying very much pressure to the line, the coils
will now start to be uncoiled and run to the end
of the line.
Repeat
the procedure at least 3 times. Then apply some
pressure to the line and repeat the straightening
process.
Allow
the line to lay on the floor and relax. Then,
with the end still attached, pull the other end,
till tight, and hold the pressure for at least
3 minutes, this preset the memory into your new
line. Now rewind the line onto your fly reel.
B
A twist is now been placed in the line, during
the day or from the last day's fishing.
Unwind
the line, remove the leader and or the head, then
attach one end of the line and run a soft cloth
down the line a number of times, till the coils
unwind. The cloth is sprayed with Mr. Sheen polish,
the red can, will lubricate and polish the line
at the same line.
C
The line is dirty or no slippery enough.
Please
clean your running line every 4 to 6 hours of
usage, if you are trying to obtain the maximum
in perform and therefore the best possible distance
cast.
Because
of the distance your line is now being cast, which
is further than a little 9foot rod cast, by the
average caster and most, if not all 9 foot casters,
your line is travelling further in the water,
hence a greater chance of picking you rubbish,
even in clean blue Ocean water.
Lines
that are dirty also grab one another as you cast,
once they grab, they attempt to lift one another,
then another loop, result a tangle. Clean lines
because they are slippery, slip off the next loop
and don't attempt to lift the next loop, hence
greatly reduced tangles.
When cleaning the line, clean your rod, because
as the line races into the first stripping guide
and the next, a harmonic wave is formed, most
times this wave will touch your rod, this contact
is in effect a plastic to plastic contact, which
grabs and attempts to hold your line, which reduces
the lines speed, less speed, less distance cast.
Polishing
the complete rod and all the guides does make
a very noticeable difference and is most noticeable
when casting over 130feet.
D
The Stripping Basket is NOT FLAT enough.
If
your stripping basket is not flat, that is, the
perfect Stripping Basket/LMD
has
a flat floor and is at right angles to the caster,
eg horizontal .
Dipping
or slopping downwards, these types of Stripping
baskets only produce tangles, as they must
because the line will form coils as it lays in
the basket, these coils then quietly slip into
the next coil, disaster, another monster tangle.
The
use of cones or spikes can be avoided and
will be, with a flat basket, no spikes and things,
means the line leaves the basket smoother and
therefore faster, and again, a faster line travels
further.
To
help produce a flat Stripping basket, we recommend
a extra strap be introduced to the basket, this
is connected to the front and then placed over
the casters shoulder and looped onto the rear
waist strap, with quick release clips attached.
The Talon WMD Stripping Basket.
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