In reply to Post #1
buy yourself a small hard rubber dog ball
drill a hole thru it you can then cast away in your local field or park and can reel it straight back if you use a lead you will have to go and dig it out !!
you can go steps further by practising with a bucket 40 yards away till you can get it in the bucket most times the increase the range as you get better
buy yourself a small hard rubber dog ball
drill a hole thru it you can then cast away in your local field or park and can reel it straight back if you use a lead you will have to go and dig it out !!
you can go steps further by practising with a bucket 40 yards away till you can get it in the bucket most times the increase the range as you get better
In reply to Post #16
I'm really lucky we have an old disused cricket crease in a field near us, so can cast on to that from distance with no issues. If I'm getting the lead stuck then I know I'm getting it wrong 🤣
I'm really lucky we have an old disused cricket crease in a field near us, so can cast on to that from distance with no issues. If I'm getting the lead stuck then I know I'm getting it wrong 🤣
Tom worse habit to get into - my son in law still does it once in a while out of habit - he told me he struggles to trust a bent finger holding the line. Best lesson was beach casting with a 6 oz weight, he couldn't trap the line against the rod then and get any distance. Buy a Nash casting glove too £8.99 is cheap compared to a sliced finger!
In reply to Post #17
NO the lead will stick most times unless the grass is rock hard
a ball cant and twice as fast to crank it back !!
and as Tony said a casting glove especially with braid or you could end up with a finger like mine from years ago
NO the lead will stick most times unless the grass is rock hard
a ball cant and twice as fast to crank it back !!
and as Tony said a casting glove especially with braid or you could end up with a finger like mine from years ago
In reply to Post #19
Lead doesn't stick on the turf at all, only if I drop short and land on grass.
I know it's personal opinion however to me practicing with a rubber dog ball is practicing with something that casts completely different to the lead you would cast.
As I say personal preference, but think we are both agreed on the benefits of heading up to a field where you can consistently cast and no disturb water for anyone else fishing 🤣
Lead doesn't stick on the turf at all, only if I drop short and land on grass.
I know it's personal opinion however to me practicing with a rubber dog ball is practicing with something that casts completely different to the lead you would cast.
As I say personal preference, but think we are both agreed on the benefits of heading up to a field where you can consistently cast and no disturb water for anyone else fishing 🤣
In reply to Post #20
Most casting instructors advocate using a rubber ball it's irrelevant as with a lead you will improve I please don't tell me a 4 ozs lead won't dig in the ground after you have smashed it 150 yards I been doing it for years
Where is our Terry when you want him ? 😜
Most casting instructors advocate using a rubber ball it's irrelevant as with a lead you will improve I please don't tell me a 4 ozs lead won't dig in the ground after you have smashed it 150 yards I been doing it for years
Where is our Terry when you want him ? 😜
In reply to Post #19
Nice one
I had a similar but far less severe, experience when touch legering for barbel with braid. Sometimes we need to learn the hard way
Nice one
I had a similar but far less severe, experience when touch legering for barbel with braid. Sometimes we need to learn the hard way
In reply to Post #21
As I say mate all down to preference, I have honestly found using the old turf cricket crease by me perfect, but appreciate not everyone has that option 🙂 Honestly not trying to argue, just trying to help the fella out, as we all are! 🙂
As I say mate all down to preference, I have honestly found using the old turf cricket crease by me perfect, but appreciate not everyone has that option 🙂 Honestly not trying to argue, just trying to help the fella out, as we all are! 🙂
Gerry - I knew you couldn't resist putting that photograph up again!
And Tom - now you have a great indicator of where the line needs to be on your finger!!
I love it!!!
And Tom - now you have a great indicator of where the line needs to be on your finger!!
I love it!!!
In reply to Post #24
I remember when Maddox wrote that bloody book and the instant carp men were born 
I got a bit cheesed off for a year so went to the Sea Angler casting lessons over Greenford sports field and learnt to pendulum cast 5 and 6 ozs leads we were chucking enormous distances but !!!!!!! you had to walk carrying a digging tool as the lead would be buried in the grass completely it paid dividends as I had some nice fish from Langley point
I remember when Maddox wrote that bloody book and the instant carp men were born I got a bit cheesed off for a year so went to the Sea Angler casting lessons over Greenford sports field and learnt to pendulum cast 5 and 6 ozs leads we were chucking enormous distances but !!!!!!! you had to walk carrying a digging tool as the lead would be buried in the grass completely it paid dividends as I had some nice fish from Langley point
In reply to Post #25
Yep my dad and I used 5 and 6 oz leads on a playing field in Lincolnshire I was about 12.
Vortex hollow glass beachcaster with a Penn Sea Boy!!!!
My dad ultimately had an Abu Atlantic with an Abu Ambassador reel (I've got them now).
And we had to pull like crazy to get the weights out of the ground - dad made the weights with big eyes and made up a see saw arrangement so we could lever the weights up. We didn't have to carry spades but I got the job of carrying the lever thing. Neither of us could cast much more than 85yds in those days.
Still remember the burns we got on our thumbs if you braked on the line rather than the side of the spool.
Tell the kids of today and they'd say you were lying....
Yep my dad and I used 5 and 6 oz leads on a playing field in Lincolnshire I was about 12.
Vortex hollow glass beachcaster with a Penn Sea Boy!!!!
My dad ultimately had an Abu Atlantic with an Abu Ambassador reel (I've got them now).
And we had to pull like crazy to get the weights out of the ground - dad made the weights with big eyes and made up a see saw arrangement so we could lever the weights up. We didn't have to carry spades but I got the job of carrying the lever thing. Neither of us could cast much more than 85yds in those days.
Still remember the burns we got on our thumbs if you braked on the line rather than the side of the spool.
Tell the kids of today and they'd say you were lying....