Rod reducer ?

[john/r]

Well a belated thankyou. I had some lessons from you as an 18 year old lad, I remember you tasking the dipstick out of you car engine to oil my bearings as I had WD 40 in them at the time.

I packed in fishing for about seven years in the 1990's after moving to Portsmouth then went back and had lessons from Mark Jakins in Hamshire but it was thanks to you I got into casting and did my first 180 yard plus cast at the old Seaham casting club at Rickleton.

rickleton in the eighties was that when john the digger and baydon was running them.

i used to take reducers out for casting but leave them in all the time now just lazy cant be bothered to take in and out.

as harry says it does help if you take reducer out so as to pull rod butt hard down to bottom of rib cage hard tucked in.

[john/r]

Yes I did mate.

hi harry can you remember the guy who had a knife stuck in the bottom of his butt rod butt that is newbiggen cliff tops, i think it was same guy for some reason got angry and laid his rod on a rock and jumped up and down on it smashing it to smitherings. been thinking about this a few times recently.

[Stewart 1971]

rickleton in the eighties was that when john the digger and baydon was running them.

i used to take reducers out for casting but leave them in all the time now just lazy cant be bothered to take in and out.

as harry says it does help if you take reducer out so as to pull rod butt hard down to bottom of rib cage hard tucked in.

Andy Byrom was running the club in those days John, think Kevin Richardson was involved as well.

[g.ordon]

That's the way a went mate.

I first started using a multiplier, an Abu 7001 left hand, when I was around 11 years old. After that reel was unfortunately stolen , i moved on to fishing with Penn 525's, slosh's, etc for my 13th birthday. That's also around the time I got my first decent rod, a greys Pz match.

I began fishing shields pier more and more after getting confident with my casting, where i met the likes of 'waco' and 'fishfingers', who gave me good hints n tips and habe now become lifetime friends .

With using the reel up the rod i was casting well, but just couldnt seem to get that bit extra distance. I started fishing with the reel down the rod when i was 14 after seeing many people people using and casting well this way. It was a bit weird to start with but in quick succession I was casting well this way and began getting a very good distance for my age.

After doing this I've never went back to using the reel up rod and continue fishing this way to date.

Only ever fished reel down once mate and that was when I slashed my thumb on a first chuck, blood ****i*g everywhere etc so had to move the reel down to continue fishing. At first it was allien but by the end of sesh I was getting quiet used to it. As soon as the wound healed I was back to reel up though.