queensland Relief From My Rod

[Dinodadog]

Conquered2 problems this morning, on my exercise walk, with new rod in hand. With the problem of getting older, and at the moment unable to get my sore leg wet, I bit the bullet and purchased a samiki zing 9foot 4 to 7 lb rod to see if it was easier to cast from the bank. I put on a 2500 twin power shimano reel to cover the amount of line used when casting 1/2 oz blades. I thought I would try it out at lake K before using it at NPD.I

It worked well on 1/4 oz blades, I had to be careful I didnt hit the shallow water on the other side of the lake This fixed problem one, but created another problem, with upsizeing from 1000 reel to 2500 reel I had to really slow down my retrieve, as soon as I did I managed a couple of bass.A bell went off in the head then, I have been watching a few videos while laid up, and all the so called pros kept saying slow the retrieve right down and I realized they were all using 2500 and 3000 reels, where as I usually use 1000 reels.

Like Ray I left the camera at home and now have to wait for wifey to get home from cards to show me how to get pics off i phone.

Dino

[Drop Bear]

10 minutes ago, Dinodadog said:

A bell went off in the head then, I have been watching a few videos while laid up, and all the so called pros kept saying slow the retrieve right down and I realized they were all using 2500 and 3000 reels, where as I usually use 1000 reels.

great info thanks. I hope you are healing up mate. 

[Luke Landrunner]

Can't keep you down for too long. 

So longer rods do cast further ................................?

[Dinodadog]

Yes and no, it requires less effort to get the same distance. Increase in distance is very little using the same lure from a 7' rod or a 9' rod.

[Dinodadog]

I got a new computer recently and have just learnt how to do pics from my camera. Now the wife showed me how to put them on from my i phone. I wont forget the camera ever again, what a nightmare.

[Drop Bear]

1 hour ago, Luke Landrunner said:

Can't keep you down for too long. 

So longer rods do cast further ................................?

I mean, I'm sure its not every thing every time but, Id take anyone on if they had a 6 foot and I had my 13 foot

 

[Dinodadog]

I learnt years a go that when using a 7' rod and casting spinnerbaits, difference from 1/4oz to 3/8 oz was about 10'. 3/8 to 1/2 oz about the same, 1/2 oz to 3/4 oz about the same, so distance gained from 1/4oz to 3/4 oz is very little. Sometimes though its that little bit that counts or so they say.