Thread: Surfcasting lessons

Originally Posted by Proudkiwi

It's way harder than it looks to get a decent cast. At least in my limited experience.

Practice with just a sinker down at the local park made a massive difference. I reckon I put an easy extra 30-40 mtrs on after some practice.

Al lot of it comes down to how one is setting the cast up too imo. My bro in law that I have boat fished with for years freaked me out when we went surf casting, he was unaware of what I consider the basics. Line roller at the back near rod, finger takes the slack - not holding it against the rod, these two things alone can take a cast from ok to all good Stance is the biggest thing when you get decent at it, like swinging a bat

Originally Posted by Gibo

Al lot of it comes down to how one is setting the cast up too imo. My bro in law that I have boat fished with for years freaked me out when we went surf casting, he was unaware of what I consider the basics. Line roller at the back near rod, finger takes the slack - not holding it against the rod, these two things alone can take a cast from ok to all good Stance is the biggest thing when you get decent at it, like swinging a bat

Sounds like I need you to give me some pointers next time I’m over at the mount