Casting...

Troutski · 04-19-2008, 09:09 AM

One thing I have learned over the years on casting a spinning reel is this, leave about 18 -24 inches hanging from the tip for long cast and the shorter cast less and less drop from the tip. I learned how to cast on a small creeks and the key is underarm and sidearm casting, so from a boat or on a lake with all the room in the world....give it some length from the tip and let the rod load on the back cast and release your finger from the line at the rods noon position and let her rip. I have braided line on my spinning reels and I purchased yellow and dark gray line in the same time and the same line weight (6#), I filled the spool with yellow line and the last 125 feet is the dark gray line, and on my other reels I did the same. Now I know about how far out I am when I am long lining, or casting after I have made a cast I always look to see how much dark line is left and on the next cast I either extend that or short'in it accordingly. Any one have any other tricks for the spinning fishers ?

Chuck

GraphiteZen · 04-19-2008, 04:08 PM

Over the years I have developed a technique for accurate casting. I flip my bail, cast and while the line is leaving my reel I have my left hand in front of the real formed like I'm holding a softball with line running through it. As the bait nears the target I close my fist to different degrees to slow it down and completely close it to plop the bait on target. Just a little thing that has come along over the years. Oh and I hold my rod with the right hand real with the left.

Troutski · 04-19-2008, 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by GraphiteZen

Over the years I have developed a technique for accurate casting. I flip my bail, cast and while the line is leaving my reel I have my left hand in front of the real formed like I'm holding a softball with line running through it. As the bait nears the target I close my fist to different degrees to slow it down and completely close it to plop the bait on target. Just a little thing that has come along over the years. Oh and I hold my rod with the right hand real with the left.

I also reel with left hand, it is getting harder and harder to find reels that are designed that way. Lucky Shimano's spinning reels come designed to flip either way, it is the level winds that are the problem.

Chuck

Bilbobaker · 09-17-2008, 10:30 PM

I hold my rod with my left hand and crank with my right.

I've had to turn every reel that I've owned around to make it work for me.

Troutski · 09-18-2008, 01:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Bilbobaker

I hold my rod with my left hand and crank with my right.

I've had to turn every reel that I've owned around to make it work for me.

Welcome to the world of the goofy handed angler..

Chuck

chris61182 · 09-18-2008, 09:35 AM

At least you're not holding it upside down!!!

And my apologizes to anyone who does, because if it works it works.

FishSchooler · 09-18-2008, 05:06 PM

Oh yeah, I just cant reel with my left hand. I cast with right and reel with right. It just doesnt make sense to make your weak hand do the work!

ArcticAmoeba · 09-18-2008, 07:00 PM

Isn't the hand grasping the rod doing most of the work? The reels are geared down about 5:1, making it a deadly unfair advantage we have being able to multiply force by directing it through a system of gears.

chris61182 · 09-18-2008, 11:36 PM

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Originally Posted by ArcticAmoeba

Isn't the hand grasping the rod doing most of the work? The reels are geared down about 5:1, making it a deadly unfair advantage we have being able to multiply force by directing it through a system of gears.

Agreed, and not just does the gearing come into play but so does the drag, just like the fish you can only apply so much force through it.

Another advantage to holding the rod with the dominant hand is that it tends to be more sensitive so you can feel the bites better.

ArcticAmoeba · 09-19-2008, 10:02 AM

Wholly agreed...I allso have found that when borrowing a good friends rod/reel, his super small casters transmit an incredible amount of energy, making strikes and rocks discernable from one another. Revos are so slick!

04-19-2008, 09:09 AM	#1
Troutski Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Springfield, OR. Posts: 2,150	Casting... One thing I have learned over the years on casting a spinning reel is this, leave about 18 -24 inches hanging from the tip for long cast and the shorter cast less and less drop from the tip. I learned how to cast on a small creeks and the key is underarm and sidearm casting, so from a boat or on a lake with all the room in the world....give it some length from the tip and let the rod load on the back cast and release your finger from the line at the rods noon position and let her rip. I have braided line on my spinning reels and I purchased yellow and dark gray line in the same time and the same line weight (6#), I filled the spool with yellow line and the last 125 feet is the dark gray line, and on my other reels I did the same. Now I know about how far out I am when I am long lining, or casting after I have made a cast I always look to see how much dark line is left and on the next cast I either extend that or short'in it accordingly. Any one have any other tricks for the spinning fishers ? Chuck __________________ Teach a man to fish and he will steal your secret fishing hole...

04-19-2008, 04:08 PM	#2
GraphiteZen Moderator Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Corvallis, OR Posts: 400	Over the years I have developed a technique for accurate casting. I flip my bail, cast and while the line is leaving my reel I have my left hand in front of the real formed like I'm holding a softball with line running through it. As the bait nears the target I close my fist to different degrees to slow it down and completely close it to plop the bait on target. Just a little thing that has come along over the years. Oh and I hold my rod with the right hand real with the left. __________________ When I die, screw some hooks into my spine and head for the deep water.

09-18-2008, 05:06 PM	#7
FishSchooler Master Angler Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Lake Oswego Posts: 1,003	Oh yeah, I just cant reel with my left hand. I cast with right and reel with right. It just doesnt make sense to make your weak hand do the work! __________________ Give a man some powerbait, he'll fish for a day, teach the man how to make powerbait, he won't be fishing at all.

09-18-2008, 07:00 PM	#8
ArcticAmoeba Moderator Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: O.C. Posts: 717	Isn't the hand grasping the rod doing most of the work? The reels are geared down about 5:1, making it a deadly unfair advantage we have being able to multiply force by directing it through a system of gears. __________________ Get Bent...Yo Rod That Is.

09-19-2008, 10:02 AM	#10
ArcticAmoeba Moderator Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: O.C. Posts: 717	Wholly agreed...I allso have found that when borrowing a good friends rod/reel, his super small casters transmit an incredible amount of energy, making strikes and rocks discernable from one another. Revos are so slick! __________________ Get Bent...Yo Rod That Is.

09-17-2008, 10:30 PM	#4
Bilbobaker Neophyte Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 16	I hold my rod with my left hand and crank with my right. I've had to turn every reel that I've owned around to make it work for me.

09-18-2008, 09:35 AM	#6
chris61182 Master Angler Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Hillsboro/Beaverton Area Posts: 718	At least you're not holding it upside down!!! And my apologizes to anyone who does, because if it works it works.

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