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Username: Fishpals
Post Number: 17
Registered: 9-2005
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Votes: 0 | | Posted on Monday, May 14, 2007 - 5:23 am: | |
FOLKS!
SOME INFO FOR ALL SURF/LURES CASTERS WITH SURF RODS.
ADDING ON TO QUOTES FROM KITSTER:
when the line travels off the spool lip, it then hits your guides (the line travels in a spiral while getting off the spool) friction affects this again. with a limp line, it spirals less and hits less surface area.
ONE WAY TO EFFECTIVE REDUCE FRICTION AND HEAT TRANSFER IS TO HAVE SIC GUIDES THAT INCREASE CAST DISTANCE BY ENSURING LINE GLIDES THRU THE GUIDES WITH MINIMUM FRICTIONAL CONTACT.
SECOND, ENSURE YOUR LINES DO NOT SLAP ON THE ROD, YOU WILL HEAR THE PUNISHING SLAPS WHEN IT TRY TO SQUEEZE THRU THE STRIPPER GUIDE, WITH THE SPOOL LINES TRAVELLING FASTER THAN THE OUTGOING, HAMPER BY THE BOTTLE NECK STRIPPER, THEREFORE, DISTANCE BETWEEN THE REEL AND GUIDE IS ONE CONSIDERATION, SPOOL SIZE OF THE REEL IS ANOTHER, THE BIGGER THE SPINNING SPOOL THE BIGGER THE ARC, AS IT UNFOLDS ON ITS WAY OUT. THE SAME PROBLEM MIGHT HAPPEN. LOOK OUT FOR THE SLAPPING SOUND ON YOUR NEXT CAST. SLAPPING REDUCES DISTANCE. ALL YOUR ENERGY REDUCED BY FRICTION ALONG THE WAY. SERVICE YOUR REELS BALL BEARINGS FOR MULTIPLIER, IF THEY ARE NOT ENCASED BEARINGS. LUBE OIL SHOULD SUFFICE, UNLESS YOU ARE A TACKLE JUNKIE.
after all of this of course comes your skill, your timing, your swing, how you load your rod...etc.
EMPLOY OTG, PENDULUM OR SIDE CAST TO YOUR STYLE
ONE OF THESE METHODS WILL CERTAINLY SUIT...DIFFERENT FOLKS DIFFERENT STROKES!
in short its not just a matter of changing your lines, thats just the first part. in the end of it, its still how much you practice with your BALANCED GEAR to realize the distance potential of your equiptment.
THIS INCLUDES YOUR STYLE OF CASTING, PHYSICAL STRENGTH, CORRECT ROD AND REEL CONFIGURATION, USE OF MULTIPILIER, SHOCK LEADER, USE OF CORRECT KNOTS, CORRECT WEIGHT TO BLANK CONFIGURATION, EX-FAST TAPER, ALIGNED BACKBONE, ETC...WITH ALL THESE CONSIDERATIONS, THOUGH SMALL WILL HAVE AN IMPACT TO YOUR CASTING DISTANCE IF YOU ARE CRITICAL.
thats why two peopple get different distances even if they use the same line, rod, reel etc.
and remember that you are dealing with physics here, its not really how strong you are at swinging your rod, its basically how you load it to make it act like a slingshot, even a "soft" swing can blast a lure out there.
HOPFULLY, THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS HELPFUL TO FOLKS CHASING CUDAS IN THE HOT SUMMER.
THIS IS NOT A SCIENCE LESSON!
BUT A COMBINATION OF SCIENCE, ART AND MOST IMPORTANTLY LUCK!
CHEERS |
