will powell
Well-known member
Hello mr bullet, had a play around today with the .35.
Out of the main 4 the 175 is still on .35 and I managed only 200-0-8yrds on this.
Had a shot on the 150g on .35 and got 215yrds then on the .31 and got 211yrdsI cast further on the thicker .35 line!
(must have been a better chuck!)
Then had a cast on the 125g on .35 and got 219 yrds then on the .28 got 239yrdsA big jump like we thought!
Then tried the 100g on the .35 on the same reel (a 6500 rocket used in all the tests) and blew it's balls out! It wasn't up to the speed of the 100g!
Then i gave up and started casting properly and got a 247yrds with no wind on .28 on a 5500.
Then Big Stevie lad after most of the day showed what he can do with a bigger lead and put the 150 on .31 line at near 253 yrds into a head wind!
Big Stevie showed today why you need to be able to cast the bigger leads, when the conditions dictate.
He even hit 243yrds on the 200g!
See my casts on the same big leads and lines as Stevie and I don't stand a chance as I thought, but put me on something that I can handle and cast and i'm knocking on the door!
I had a crackin day today at Kirkleathem, like the rest of the lads, hope a few more will turn up soon and have the craic!![]()
my mentor taught me....
cast the heaviest sinker you feel comfortable with,at the time it was 6oz for fishing, develope a style on it ,for about 6months.. then drop down the sinker wieght range.1 style should carry all weights from 200gm down to whatever a caster does best on.
a few casters develope styles based on 1 sinker weight(usually the lighter sinkers ) and find it hard to compete/adjust up the weight range
the 175/200gm are good training aids,this sorts timing/style and greater distances