Appendix D — Review questions

As you prepare for the exam the following questions can guide you in organizing your understanding of each exam task.

What does this cast have to do with casting instruction? Why is it used? What are the basic requirements to learn this cast?
How is this cast used when fishing?
How would you teach this skill/cast? (Include analogies, progression of the lesson, say-see-do techniques.)
What are common faults in this skill/cast? How would you identify them? Know Bruce Richards’ Six-Step Method. How would you correct them?
What are the primary Five Essentials involved in performing this task/skill?
What drills would you suggest when practicing this skill/task?

Sample Questions by Topic

Loop Control

What are the rod tip paths that produce a narrow loop, wide loop and tailing loop?
Name two actions that result in a tailing loop.
How does the path of the rod tip relate to the size of the loop?
How does the 180-degree principle apply to overhead casting?
If the casting arc is too wide for the bend of the rod which loop shape will result: wide, narrow, or tailing?
When comparing a bamboo rod with a fast action graphite rod, which will have a wider casting arc when false casting similar loops?

Line Control

What is a mend?
Why would you slip line or not slip line during a reach mend?
What fishing situation would you use a pile cast?
What is an elliptical cast and when might you use it?
What are the fishing benefits of learning how to cast from the vertical plane to a more horizontal plane?
What casting adjustments need to be made when casting from a vertical plane to a horizontal plane?
When would you want to use a reach mend?

Roll Casts

Describe the 180-degree principle for anchored casts as it applies to the roll cast.
In what fishing situation would you use a roll cast pickup?
If too much force is applied too early during a roll cast what happens to the loop?
What are at least three reasons we do a roll cast?
Is a roll cast a good change of direction cast?

Accuracy Casts

How does fly line trajectory affect accuracy?
What changes in timing (pause) occur when casting from 20’ to 45’ (with similar casting speed)?
How do I correct my fly landing to the right or left of the target?

Distance Casts

How much line can we typically shoot?
When casting a distance of 75’, approximately how much line will need to be carried in the air during false casting?
As the casting distance increases what happens to the length of the haul?
When teaching the double haul, how do you teach when the haul begins?
What results happen if the haul is too early?

Teaching Tasks

When you are demonstrating a cast where should the observer stand relative to you and the sun?
What is the biggest risk in your instructional approach when teaching a beginner?
What teaching tools would you employ to demonstrate rod tip path to a beginner?
When would the PULD cast be used?
Where should an instructor stand to best identify poor tracking?
Define Gammel’s Five Essentials and integrate each in Task 21 Adjustments to change distance from 30’ to 50'.
What is the most important concept to convey in teaching Task 22 when casting with wind?