What Joints Allow You to Fly-fish?
Fly-fishing requires a complex range of motion from the body. The cast itself the uses the shoulder, elbow, wrist, and hand joints in order to have an effective cast. Each grip style and casting style use all of the arm and shoulder joints. Each joint, however, is used to differing extents based upon the cast or grip. The effect on the joints can be the direction, acceleration, force, and the use that each joint is demanded of. Because of this, it is important to know the significance that each style of cast or grip can have on an angler's joints. The major joints involved include: the scapulothoracic, glenohumeral, radiohumeroulnar, and radiocarpal joint. Below is a table and an associated picture of the joints used in the fly-fishing cast. The table also includes the muscles and actions at each joint. The complexity of the cast is clearly supported by the large number of joints involved.
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Reference:
Picture:
http://www.beavercreek.com/~/media/beaver%20creek/main%20images/fly_fishing.ashx
https://home.comcast.net/~wnor/lesson5jointsofupperlimb.htm
Text:
Norman, Wesley. "Joints of the Upper Limb." The Anatomy Lesson. Ed. Wesley Norman. N.p., 1999. Web. 4 Dec. 2014.
http://www.beavercreek.com/~/media/beaver%20creek/main%20images/fly_fishing.ashx
https://home.comcast.net/~wnor/lesson5jointsofupperlimb.htm
Text:
Norman, Wesley. "Joints of the Upper Limb." The Anatomy Lesson. Ed. Wesley Norman. N.p., 1999. Web. 4 Dec. 2014.