whats the best way to cast a conventional reel?

[30lbbg2299]

practicing day after day after day after day after day!!

[Reel hip]

All usefull info. Minus the opinions on the reels.

[polfishski]

I started with a penn 500. Once you master that the rest are a cake walk. I practice with an old jig with the treble removed. Go to your local school and cast the football field. You can see your improvement and the barbless jig doesnt get stuck. The wind from behind will be your best friend.

[stairman]

it is also important to wind the line back evenly...

if you have high and low spots and the line goes over them on the cast the spool will speed up on the low spots and slow down on the high spots making it tough to keep the birdnest from happening

[Cory]

Here's an article that talks about casting live bait if that helps.


http://www.bdoutdoors.com/article/ekstrom-cast/

[get some]

Here is a more applicable article...

http://www.bdoutdoors.com/article/te...-surface-iron/

Most of the casting tips come later in the article.

[DannyNoonan]

The "best way to cast a conventional reel", if you don't know what you're doing? Tie it to the end of a spinning combo and have at it, of course...

[gregg6653]

Avets suck!

X2

their service techs customer service is even worse.

[Swarthy Dago]

when the line is going out, watch the first 12 inches of the line as it leaves the reel, when you see an arc start to form (the line is no longer straight and tight) just touch the spool and slow it down a tad, you see when that arc starts to form the line is slowing down but the spool isn't, it takes some practice but it works really well, if there is no arc, don't touch it

oh, wet the line and guides to with water, it helps