Fast Back Focus with Clay Tryan

Life and Lays of Ropes

Often I’m asked about my ropes what lay or stiffness I prefer. Actually the bigger the horns, the stiffer I like my rope to be. If the horns are small I will normally use a softer rope. For these reasons I keep a variety of lays in my rope bag. Normally when you’re at rodeo or jackpot the steers and their horns will be fairly even.

During competition I use a fairly new rope because they’re snappy and over a period of time as a rope wears they start feeling dead. At this point in the life of a rope, it becomes a practice rope for me.

My rope of choice is the Fast Back four-strand Ultimate 4. I like the consistency of Fast Back ropes and I can count on them to feel the same every time.

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