casting tuition

[fishfinder]

posted this in the shore fishing section but to no avail looking for a casting tutor in the newcastle sunderland area ...as I wish to learn how to pendulum cast ...safely lol

[john/r]

helloe fishfinder, allan chapman from whitburn is or used to be a casting instructer , peter thain from northumberland , and tony thompson from sunderland, allan chapman gets in andy rutherfords shop regulary he may help with phone number, tony thompson gets down hendon prom regulary ,and i think peter thain used to come on here

[fishfinder]

cheers for the info john

[john/r]

hi fishfinder, casting comps is another good way to learn, it is the hard way but everyone is nervous , most lads are very helpful because everyone has to start somewhere, another blackpool comp is on soon apparently i have heard good set of lads and friendly atmosphere. i used to go to casting comps years ago you learn quite a bit plus the socialising is good you see lots of different gear john

[fishfinder]

With the help of keegy managed to get a local casting instructor and good advice..cheers again mate ..absolutely fantastic easily added an extra 50 yards to my cast and very addictive !!! the further you start getting the more you want to improve now all I need is to practice ..will definitely come up north some time possibly November ...to those who think a new rod will make you cast miles it makes more sense to go and spend a bit of time and money on casting instruction learning technique and the correct way to cast before going out and spending nearly 400 quid on a fancy rod and not being able to use the damn thing

[Edited on 23/10/2005 by fishfinder]

[tack4]

have to agree there mate the lads at scottish surfcating assoc have helped me no end
since i started with them earlier this year and some individual work with pugalas pete have added around 100yds to my casting and they say i\'m still not hitting it hard enough yet.

have only bought new gear on sound advice from the guys

these guys are worth their weight in cod especially purgalas pete

watching PT send one into oblivion is some sight as too are billy russell, ian graham, purgalas pete and paul johnston
both my kids are improving slowly too
we missed the last event but look forward to Nov 20th
had kyle (9) practicing while away on hols and was getting around 60 yds almost 20+ than his current PB

paul johnston in full compression



billy in set up mode



and purgalas pete sending one into the blue yonder



[Edited on 29/10/2005 by tack4]