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Date: March 12, 2008 at 14:40:17
From: Joe Shea, [pool-71-174-31-170.bstnma.east.verizon.net]
Subject: Re: conventional casting


Here's a couple of thoughts. First, and I don't like absolutes but this can be carved in stone. When casting conventional reels nothing is more important than an educated thumb. No casting brake (mechanical or magnetic) can compare to your thumb controlling that spool. Like most things worthwhile, practice/time on the water. I first learned to use these reels in freshwater. In time my friends and I learned to cast with no brakes at all. Just thumb control. In the salt the control is more difficult because we're trying to cast much heavier weights much farther. The spool velocity needs an even more educated thumb. On the plus side, because of the longer casts you have more time to apply the thumb. Second point. With heavier weights I usually lob them out there. Not really a powerful cast. At first your rod sounded abit heavy for plugs but I'm not sure. One more thought. There is an old freshwater trick that used to work somewhat. Make your longest cast, strip off maybe 20 to 30 more feet of line, and then press a strip of scotch tape across the spool. Really press the tape down onto the spooled line. I've used this to help guys learn in freshwater. It is far from fool-proof. The tape helps stop the mild, garden variety backlash. The catastrophic, smack a tree branch or some one's rod during the cast? Not so much.


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