Casting Technique

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Trophy

Sealiner
Hiya M@rius,

Never have like wading past my peepie, especially not where big sharks swim. Just standing on a flat fish or having a mullet swim against my leg is enough to send me walking on water back to shore. At night, forget it, knee deep with headlamp and eyes fixed on the water!!!

My tactic this summer will be two rods going for swim baits only. If I have no luck catching a swim bait size shark or ray, then tomorrow is another day!
 
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habib

Sealiner
marius...130m is an xcellent cast and although many say they cast further...its not true most of the time.mayb just try a longer drop and puch it a bit more. but in most cases....130m is more than enuf
 
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M@rius

Senior Member
hearing this will really help me with confidence at the beach.thanx guys.haha i know the feeling trophy.when the mullet start jumping around me or i see a bulray i stress badly!or just after releasing a shark...man
 
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habib

Sealiner
hiya trophy bhai(that means bro for u vittous)
been busy bro...congrats on ur recent catches....i would xpect ntn less from the master....i need to check out p.e soon

@marius....there was a casting compo at the bday bash and im sure it was filmed....ask emps to show it to u and mayb u can pick up a few techniques frm watchin it.
 
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kitefisher

Sealiner
Marius,   Some very sensible advice you got there already .

@ Habib ,where have you been man its mid October already .
 
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habib

Sealiner
hiya kitefisher

been around bro...how bout i pick u up one weekend and we visit trophy and wet a line?....
with all the kak here....i need sum less touchy company and need a solid weekend of fishing.
 
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willem wikkel spies

Moderator
Staff member
Marius, 130 meters is most of the times too faaaaar. we all understand your feelings. wanna get to 150 mark 150 feet is enough, like you said the head got the pull 150 feet. i think that most of the times, we are fishing over the fish. graphite rods are fairly new on the market, years back when fibre glass rods were the in thing. guys were lobbing the live bait out, and getting pulled and stretched etc. still look around, we find our bait close to the edge. shad mullet etc are at your feet, now i still don't know why we fish the 130 meter mark. when i do cast 120 meters for a slide, and when i slide the bait, i would only shake untill the clip has penetrated the water, i like leaving the bait there and if needed it can swim to my sinker, thus going through productive water at its own pace.

thats just my 50000 zimdolars of opinions
 
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Psy

Sealiner
Marius
one point to keep in mind when you cast...imagine a target in the AIR not the sea. About 30 degrees above the spot and slightly right you intend to land your kit. By looking at this "elevated" target, your head stays "up" and therefore your rod tip stays up too.

Here is something from John Holden:
" Focusing on the target keeps the action going forwards and upwards. As the body unwinds and the rod follows, there comes a moment when it feels right to make the hammering action. Go ahead and do it. Push and pull to flick the rod over and drive the sinker towards the target in the sky. Line release takes care of itself with no deliberate timing involved.
In the early days, use the natural hammering action where both arms contribute equal power. Later, when casts flow smoothly and the drop length and sinker positions are more refined, increase left hand pull. This little off-ground cast with its high inertia sinker lay-out responds extremely well to lots of left hand. A 2:1 pull-push ratio is by no means too severe. It's an excellent way to extract smooth performance from a stiff, quick rod. It also makes a cast fly high, which is a very good thing when you are learning.
Casting on auto-pilot can be disconcerting, but you must fight the natural urge to over-analyse and control every step. Think simple. The entire cast can be summed up in a few key words:
Identify the TARGET
TURN away from the sea
Lay out the TACKLE
Slide your WEIGHT over to the left foot....
while turning your HEAD towards the target
FEEL the rod compress
HAMMER the cast into the sky"
 
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Johan S

Senior Member
Guys, I agree that we are fishing beyond the fish most of the time. Having said that, I reckon if I can improve my distance while casting with a sinker by 20m, it means I'll be casting bigger baits out further (10-15m) as well. Now that is something that will always be useful.

Now if only I could wack a sinker 130m ... :/
 
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raggie hunter

New member
i use the pendulum cast...its just one of those things in life that happen from time to time...i once broke a normal graphite with a normal cast..no heavy action
 
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rjthebig

New member
Getting back to the point here, I had a look on You Tube under distance casting and found some interseting footage on guys that can really wallop a sinker. On some of them you even see the guys break there rods from the action.

Although there technique is quite simple to watch I think it required abit of training. Have a look and I am sure that after a few weeks of training on the local field you will be able to increase your distance.

Very important is to see where they cast. It is not advisable to try this on a rugby field as you are going to snap off many sinkers and they are gonna fly all over the place so make sure you have a 300 meter circumference around you that is clear of people and vehicles.

You may even lose a rod or two with the technique of going to the limits but hey if it is as important to you as what you make it out to be then go for it. Although I think fishing the right spots and being vigilant to different fishing conditions is more important - you have to do what makes you happy.
 
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deisel

Sealiner
getting back to the point of casting, look up john holding on you tube, you walks you through step buy step instructions from off the ground casting to pendulum casting in all reel types from high seat multipliers to the good old coffee meeler
 
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