Mutiplier up or down?

[Mackemchris]

Do you have it up or down on rod? I've always had it up but today tried it down for first time and found it felt bit more natural. I know its personal preference just thought i would get some thoughts.

[codcatcher3000]

i have it down myself. ....with a reducer in if its all the way down.

[g.ordon]

Do you have it up or down on rod? I've always had it up but today tried it down for first time and found it felt bit more natural. I know its personal preference just thought i would get some thoughts.

Reel up for me mate though most anglers fish reel down, on shields anyways.

[john/r]

reel down for myself but nothing wrong with reel up it has it advantages.

[Persues]

Up.

I pull the butt of the rod with my left hand under my right armpit, controlling the reel with my right hand/thumb.

I do well enough that I've never tried messing with the arrangement

[john/r]

Up.

I pull the butt of the rod with my left hand under my right armpit, controlling the reel with my right hand/thumb.

I do well enough that I've never tried messing with the arrangement

you can giv me some lessons m8 reel up as previously said it has it advantages ie reel dos,nt get full pf crap been near the ground and less knocked about when fishing rock edges etc.

[Persues]

I think whatever works for you is just fine.

Casting is all about timing, making sure you load the rod steadily and send the rig where you want it to go, without any sudden movements.

The number of times I see folks going through all kinds of rituals and contortions...



Last time I packed sea fishing in, probably about 12 or so years ago, a 'reel down' guy on the bend at Blyth pier walked down to stand next to me from a good 30 yards or more further up to cast, so that he could land roughly in front of where he had been previously fishing. I can only assume that his casts always went diagonally to the left for some reason.

Words (and blows) were exchanged after he pendulum swung his entire rig several times, wound himself up like a spring and tried his level best to hit Cullercoats bay.

The end result was that he hooked my hat clean off my head with his rig and then loudly lamented his wasted bait as his rig (my hat included) landed about 20 yards out and his reel burst into one of the biggest nests I'd ever seen.

Had he simply apologised I'd have probably let the whole thing go and made sure he stood further up the pier, but the fact that he nearly took my head off and then twisted on about his wasted lugworm rattled my chain, not to mention that I nearly crapped myself at such a near miss.

That true story finished me for sea fishing for a long time, but the point I am slowly heading towards is that reel up or down ought not to matter provided the caster is comfy with it.

Reel down doesn't feel comfy to me and I manage well enough reel up, so there's no mileage in changing what works for me. Since either can be made to work, finding what feels the most comfortable seems logical, and then practice like that without changing things around.

Nothing screws up casting more than chopping and changing what goes where.

[big_sean]

Reel down as it actually softens the rod and gives slightly better feel and timing is not a crucial


Well thats what the tournament casters say

works for me

s

[Persues]

Reel down as it actually softens the rod and gives slightly better feel and timing is not a crucial


Well thats what the tournament casters say

works for me

s

I'm far too much of a lazy hack to try and re-educate myself to cast like that

[g.ordon]

I cast reel up but I've said before reel down has got to be better for distance as reel up your leading hand is doing two jobs at once, contolling the spool and also putting the power into the chuck

[guy]

reel down its easier to cast as less effort is required i have found but if you get a decent fish i find it harder to get it in, and reel also gets full of sand on windy beaches when low down

[fish fingers]

and your reels tend to get scratched aswell no good with the salty water if they are abu,s and you do,nt clean them the old corrosion sets in

[TerryC]

Reel up needs better timing and is less forgiving of technique. It is more difficult to "load" the rod as the leverage is reduced.

Reel down much more forgiving and needs less effort -some good point about reels getting "duffed up" though.

I find it more comfortable to fish with the reel up generally unless pendulum casting.

It's what you feel most comfortable with in the end.

[Fishygone]

I fished for years with the reel up ( arms length ) and had a good few nests. But changed to reel down about 4yrs ago and never looked back. I am not the last of the big casters like but i did improve a few yds with the change in reel position.

john.

[carlfoot]

Imagine standing ready cast in the reel down position with no reel attached to rod. Now Mark where ya top hand is and attach reel there. Ya casting action is the same the only difference that the line that comes off the spool has less distance and disturbance to endure before it's free from tip!
And you can swing it or halfpendulum cast. Can't understand arms length just restricts you