Golf Swing Mechanics Can Be Improved Very QuicklyWritten by Mike Pedersen
If you’re like most golfers, you’re always trying to duplicate that “perfect” golf swing. I know I am. Doesn’t it feel great to hit that effortless shot? Don’t you wish you could do it every time? That would be a similar feeling of what pro’s have most of time. It would be such a high!So what’s keeping you from this goal? Do you think you just need to hit more balls? Or, are you already hitting hundreds every week? If that’s not working, do you need more golf lessons? Or, have you taken lessons but not seen improvement? If it’s none of above, then what? I can tell you almost 100% for sure…it’s your BODY! Your body dictates your golf swing. How many times have you felt like you can’t make a FULL turn or backswing? Do you think solution is hitting more balls or taking more golf lessons? It’s not! It’s improving your golf-specific flexibility and even strength.
| | The Wet Fly SwingWritten by Cameron Larsen
The wet fly swing sounds like something one does at square dance hall. Instead wet fly swing is one of oldest fly fishing techniques. It is used for all types of fish, where ever there is a current. Winter steelhead, salmon, big trout in big rivers, and even striped bass, are all prey that often require use of the’ wet-fly swing’. When to use it The wet fly swing is designed to get fly down deep quickly and swing it in front of desired fish. Trout anglers use it when fish are holding deep, and not rising for any particular hatch. Winter steelheaders use it when steelhead loathe to move in cold water and sit in between feeding lanes or lie in pocket water. Striped bass anglers find wet fly swing works baitfish imitations in current, to give them a lifelike presentation, that fools fish again and again. The wet fly swing is most often used with streamers, like Woolly Bugger or Muddler Minnow and sometimes wet flies, like soft hackles or nymphs. It is used whenever fly fisher wants his presentation to appear to be swimming freely in current. Preferably broadside to current, while fish will be waiting either in pocket water behind big rocks, or in a seam where current changes speed. It can also be used in tailouts below pools. Rigging Most fly fishing anglers will use wet fly swing with a sinking tip line. The weight will depend on species of fish and size of water. Steelheaders and salmon anglers will be using 8 or above, and it goes on down for other game fish. The point is you will want to rig fairly big, as you will not only be fighting fish, but current as well, and often times current that is deep. The leaders tend to be shorter than average, as you want fly to follow sinking tip line, and not rise up in current. As take will be deep, you don’t want to have to set hook with a lot of slack leader. Depth is of importance, as generally this technique is used for fish lying deep. If you aren’t getting depth you want, than try adding more weight, a larger fly, or switching lines. I try to avoid a sinking line, as I like line to lie on water, for ease of control, casting, and of course, setting that hook.
|
