Measuring the distance of a cast

[lead chucker]

Good idea that measuring on google earth I've just measured the broken jetty at Hendon prom first bay, it measures approx. 90 yards or 81.5 metres, I can get further than it in normal wind conditions, which is fair enough for me. I did measure a cast by marking line at reel using a sharpie, then I took line to work got someone to drive pulling line out etc and measured it with a wheel it was a 142 metres but this was without a bait. I've always been conservative when estimating my distance, so I don't stop trying to improve it.

[Pighunter]

Good idea that measuring on google earth I've just measured the broken jetty at Hendon prom first bay, it measures approx. 90 yards or 81.5 metres, I can get further than it in normal wind conditions, which is fair enough for me. I did measure a cast by marking line at reel using a sharpie, then I took line to work got someone to drive pulling line out etc and measured it with a wheel it was a 142 metres but this was without a bait. I've always been conservative when estimating my distance, so I don't stop trying to improve it.

Lead chucker come round mine tomorrow I will give you a measure in my back garden should be enough room there lol

[lead chucker]

your back garden leads onto a football pitch doesn't it

[stephie1]

Good idea that measuring on google earth I've just measured the broken jetty at Hendon prom first bay, it measures approx. 90 yards or 81.5 metres, I can get further than it in normal wind conditions, which is fair enough for me. I did measure a cast by marking line at reel using a sharpie, then I took line to work got someone to drive pulling line out etc and measured it with a wheel it was a 142 metres but this was without a bait. I've always been conservative when estimating my distance, so I don't stop trying to improve it.

if that broken jetty is 81.5m then im 9ft 4in and casting 600yards with bait .... im gonna check lol

[stephie1]

why ya bugger I apologise lead chucker. I measured it at 83m ... doesn't look that far to me.... well all I say is I can get miles past the end of that ha ha

[Lynnzer]

Had a go of your Google thing & it says im hitting 213 metre's unbaited which I would guess is somewhere near.

I'd say that was very likely.
I'm now hitting 120m regularly from an OTG cast. Some improvement still to do. Maybe eat more meat?

The distance measure isn't only for checking how far you can chuck a lead. You can pinpoint particular spots on Google Earth where there's a gulley or some place likely to hold fish then do a measure of how far off the shore it is to see if you can hit it.

[himself26]

I'd say that was very likely.
I'm now hitting 120m regularly from an OTG cast. Some improvement still to do. Maybe eat more meat?

The distance measure isn't only for checking how far you can chuck a lead. You can pinpoint particular spots on Google Earth where there's a gulley or some place likely to hold fish then do a measure of how far off the shore it is to see if you can hit it.

Well Lynn.

If nout else now you know exactly how much 50lb Braid you reel holds m8......

[Dilbertd]

I have developed a way of getting an approximate distance when you are fishing by calibrating the reel. What I do is with the reel full and ready to go fishing pull out some line and measure how much line is retreived with one exact turn of the handle (use yards or metres as you wish but I pefer to use yards). Then make the best cast you can manage and again mark the line and measure how much line is retrieved with one exact turn of the handle. Take an average of the two numbers and you have an approximate average line retrieve measure for a turn of the handle.
Then to measure the approximate distance casts you are making when you are fishing simply count the number of turns of the reel on the retrieve and multiply the number of turns by the average line retrieve and you have the distance.

Not an exact measure but will give you an idea of distance while you are fishing.

Using this method my 100 yards overhead thumps are actually about 70 to 80 yards, sometimes I can get 90 to 100 on a good day with a clipped down pulley rig

[Lynnzer]

I have developed a way of getting an approximate distance when you are fishing by calibrating the reel. What I do is with the reel full and ready to go fishing pull out some line and measure how much line is retreived with one exact turn of the handle (use yards or metres as you wish but I pefer to use yards). Then make the best cast you can manage and again mark the line and measure how much line is retrieved with one exact turn of the handle. Take an average of the two numbers and you have an approximate average line retrieve measure for a turn of the handle.
Then to measure the approximate distance casts you are making when you are fishing simply count the number of turns of the reel on the retrieve and multiply the number of turns by the average line retrieve and you have the distance.

Not an exact measure but will give you an idea of distance while you are fishing.

Using this method my 100 yards overhead thumps are actually about 70 to 80 yards, sometimes I can get 90 to 100 on a good day with a clipped down pulley rig

I used to count the paces along the ground but got lost off most times when I got over 50. Counting turns of a handle is damn fiddly but is another way to do it.
Most reels have a retrieve rate on them, or at least FS reels do so you can work it out from there.

Anyway whichever way you do it is just a way to confirm you ain't as good as you thought you were.....

I can't believe the 300 yarders. That's nearly to Newcastle

[paulthespark]

sometimes i think people get feet mixed up with yards,i once had to reel out 100mtrs of heavy armored cable over some farmland and it's a lot further than you think