Tailing loops

Notes from Juro Mukai (a good friend)

To support this, when I tried to reproduce Simon's creep/tailing loop example, I found it to be easiest to do when the altitude of the line dropped due to the sluggish creep forward. The sudden 'hit' that follows occurs above the path of the crept-fallen line and a tail occurs.

When instructing I make the obligatory "concave path" comment, but I also talk about the position of the stop relative to the path of acceleration to explain what is really going on with a tailing loop. By taking care to ensure that the path of line during acceleration is smooth and straight, then by making sure the rod is unloaded just beneath the path of acceleration, I've virtually eliminated the tailing loop from my spey casts.