casting distance?

**Codfather2** · 06-01-2007, 21:23

how do people know how far they cast without measuring?.?
loads of people state the distance when they type a catch report for example.. "caught a codling of 3lb on lug at 90yards", so i was wondering how they know?
distances over open water are very deceving in daylight let alone darkness. i wouldnt like to say how far i've cast even if i saw it hit the water! and i'll never be able to tell just by looking at how much line left the spool.
someone past me on the beach once and saw me catch a bass. he asked me how far out i caught it, i said "i have no idea, obviously far enough" he then said... "well was it 50, 60, 80, 100 yards? you must know???" i then asked him how would i be able to tell. he was stumped and gave up asking.
so does anyone have a special way of judging distance

**crazyplums** · 06-01-2007, 21:40

i dunno either, i know a good cast will empty about 2/3rds of my .35 diameter line on my full mag elite spools, other than that, i'm guessing, cos i've never measured a proper cast,

**cain** · 06-01-2007, 22:22

it`s all guess work, the only time you no how far you`ve gone is on a field.

**Brad.B** · 06-01-2007, 22:52

I find if you are consistant in your casting as in length of time your feeding off, if i count the turns when i reel in i allow a foot to every two turns, so six turns is a yard and so on this can be helpful at night, not that i often do this but if i want to know thats one way i quesstimate it, and the fact i usually aim at the same point on the same marks which i have previously guaged aloows me to understand how far i am out. But i also think at night there is no real way to understand where you are or how far, just luck i think.

**oldchukka** · 06-01-2007, 23:08

i,ve had people come to me for casting lessons who said they were casting say for instance---150yds, or maybe--175yds. so i often placed a flag at whatever distance they qoted. the look of shock on their faces when they looked up when they were preparing to cast and saw the flag was a treat.
one in paticular just could not hit the 200yd mark untill i put the marker out to 212yds without telling him. his next six casts were over 200yds,- he now has cast in excess of 240yds. that was an occasion when i learned something from the pupil

**DAVE H** · 07-01-2007, 00:48

had the same with lads saying how far they are casting
one time at hall road liverpool i ask a few lads how far it was to big marker from the prom
we got 150yd 130yds 165yds but no one said less than it is in fact the closest was 12yd to long as i got a lazer range finder out and it came back at
118yds so you see most think they cast longer than they do fact..

**oldchukka** · 07-01-2007, 10:08

the simplest none technical measurer to use is a copy of the old r.s.m,s pace stick as used by lionell stead at n.w. casting before he went technical with a laser device. --i won one in a raffle at the club, made by len [fingers] williams.
it was two pieces of wood fixed together with a bolt and wing nut at the top. it had a cross bar which ,when attached formed a triangle, the tips of the bottom of the triangle measured exactly 1 yard. it may be a bit old fashiond, but it kept you fit walking up and down the field.--- ive had mine for years

**keegy** · 07-01-2007, 10:19

hey bill, i can remember that at kendal, saw one on the antique roadshow..lol, lol.

**philtherod** · 07-01-2007, 16:01

Found the perfect device just for this in LIDL store. Called a "Deepfinder", it's meant for attaching to a boat rod to find depth, holes, pits, etc.
After casting I attach it to the rod, the line goes round a pulley wheel which drives a digital readout via gearing (line goes under, not over pulleywheel). I bought 2, at a couple of pounds each. There is a webside address on the box,
www.fantastic-for-fishing.com , which I haven,t yet had a chance to try, thought I'd try it and post first.
DON'T cast with the line round the pulley! I take the device off the rod after winding in. I ought to add it measures in whole metres.

philtherod