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Casting accuracy

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Topic: Casting accuracy
Posted By: Hunt it
Subject: Casting accuracy
Date Posted: 28 Feb 2018 at 9:38am
Having trouble with my surfcasting accuracy, have tried different size rods and sinkers, watched endless you tube clips - not alot on there about accuracy, more distance. Can get the odd 1 spot on doing short casts but generally its off to the right.
Any tips, articles or you tube clips i can search would be great.


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Posted By: Catchelot
Date Posted: 28 Feb 2018 at 5:59pm
Practice and practice... maybe you need to cast vertically first and when you get competent then up the anti and try for greater distance.

Maybe practice with an 8 foot rod and then move up to 10 and 12 footer...

And go and have a practice with an experienced caster.

Even consider a free spool reel and once you master it learn the pendulum cast.

Posted By: The Tamure Kid
Date Posted: 28 Feb 2018 at 10:33pm
Golf, Frisbee, wood chopping, tennis, fishing rod casting. Accuracy is a combo of where you aim/point your body, and how you swing through the line of the release - plus with fishing, also when during the swing you release your line.Too early, flies out to the side, too late, flies left (for a right handed caster).
Try making sure your shoulder (left if you're right handed) is pointed at the target, and you take the rod through in a straight line in the same direction as your shoulder is pointing.

Posted By: smudge
Date Posted: 28 Feb 2018 at 10:41pm
Sometimes it is just trying too hard. For years and years I struggled casting overhead reels but then suddenly it became too easy.  I suspect that if you try a little less you may achieve a little more. Practice short and accurate before you go far. The more time you give yourself during the cast the more accuracy will improve.

Just as an aside. One day I was fishing at Tolaga Bay wharf. I was talking to guy who was wearing a really nice hat when a gust of wind took it off his head. I cast to it twice and missed. The third cast it was almost out of range. I did a nice easy lob and landed the sinker inside the hat. A careful retrieve was all that was required and a man and his hat were reunited.

He shook my hand and introduced himself to me. I modestly told him I was NZ's best fisherman. I think he believed me. I'm pretty sure if it was my $100 hat I would have clean missed it. Take it slowly to start with then build on distance


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Posted By: Steps
Date Posted: 01 Mar 2018 at 8:10am
 It is very easy to get the stance, swing all spot on and still consistently not hit the spots.

A little 'secret' was told as a kid by my grandfather. Throw a dart, ball, toss a coin.
 Eg if going to throw a ball to another person.. never throw it to them, pick a small point, say a button on their shirt and throw at that... forget the person.
 Same , be it tee off or dropping onto a green in golf, never aim for a area of the fairway, or green, pick a small (exact) spot
 Just before you throw swing/ cast, imagine the flight line of the ball...and it hitting your spot, clearly.
 From that its just practice learning the arch, distance force you need to apply... and body stance stuff as described in posts above.
 Its funny how we do it all right with a gun.. stance balance etc, and choose that tiny spot on the deer... then not do so with everything else.. even a dart board. We will aim at say the 3x 20, not a tinest of spots in the triple.

Posted By: BananaBoat
Date Posted: 01 Mar 2018 at 8:40pm
Ask at this http://members5.boardhost.com/surfcasting/" rel="nofollow - forum


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