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lurkingfisher
Hey guys, been lurking around the forum without an account for the last 2 months or so. Finally decided to make an account a few days ago.
Glad to finally be part of the community!
Went fishing yesterday and seen this guy casting so far! I've never seen someone cast that far before. It was reaching about 1/4 across the pond.
I don't know how big the pond is or about how far he was casting but everyone there was casting about 1/4 of how far he was casting.
I was going to ask him what rod he was using but when I tried to make conversation he ignored me ?
The rod wasn't that long but when he'd cast(overhand) the rod would bend about halfway down/center point of the rod.
So now here I am asking, what kind of rod could he have been using?
He could've been using a fiberglass rod. I grew up with only glass rods; and still use them to this day. Which has been for nearly 60 years now. I love them; and have almost no love for graphite.
I will definitely have to look into fiberglass rods. What size would you guys recommend?Flexing that far down it was probably a medium action rod. I agree it was probably also a fiberglass rod.
First time hearing about this useful information, is this how you pre-stretch?:Also if he was using typical mono-filament line. He may have pre-stretched the line, prior to heading out to the pond. Which is what I typically do too. Mono-filament has a "memory" to it. Sort of like elastic does. So when it sits on a reel--especially for any extended period of time. It will come OFF of the reel in coils. Which is counter productive to long casting distances. But if you stretch the line before you cast it, it will fly OFF of the reel with ease.
The way he was casting was like a overhand cast whip, made it look effortless.Lastly, he probably also had really good form/technique.
I use a 10'6" Lamiglas X11 rod. I have another 10'6 rod but it's a Buzz Ramsey series by Berkely. Both are great rods, not too expensive and you can really get your gear out there with them. It depends on the reel and the weight. A spinning reel will not cast nearly as far as a bait caster also called a level wind. There are different rods for each type of reel.
Appreciate the recommendation, I'll check them out.I have two rods that are very far casters. They are both 10'6" rods, One a Lamiglas X11 and the other a Berkely Buzz Ramsey series.
One is for a spinning reel the other for a baitcaster reel. The baitcaster gets much farther than the spinning reel, probably twice as far.
I seen this one but it was 7'~ and it felt great.I use a 10'6" Lamiglas X11 rod