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Tackle Talk => Tackle Talk => : BackBayMan December 29, 2017, 07:36:46 AM
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Deactivated the last two centrifugal brakes on my Fathom 40. Straight 80lb 4 strand KastKing braid. Casts like a dream, no problems.
Can't wait to see the performance difference with 8 strand KastKing braid and a Hatteras cast ;D
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I want to see this! :D
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Glad your back in your grove brother. I bomb it out there with my saltist
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Hatteras is a good cast, it's what I use. Mainly because it's the only one that works on shallow beaches in knee deep water but I can really get some distance from a higher point, especially that lot.
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Hatteras as well
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I'd love to see how you guys do it and what kind of distance increase you get ;D
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The "Latimeria Cast" is by far the most professional and most kinetic cast. ;D hahahaha
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I haven't casted too many conventionals but between surf casting and a whole lot of fly fishing it's 65% back cast.. Gotta load your rod tip and never come forward before the line is strait out behind you.. The only difference between a fly and a 6oz piece of lead is you don't go back as fast..
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I haven't casted too many conventionals but between surf casting and a whole lot of fly fishing it's 65% back cast.. Gotta load your rod tip and never come forward before the line is strait out behind you.. The only difference between a fly and a 6oz piece of lead is you don't go back as fast..
Hatteras cast is a circular casting motion, not like a fly rod cast. It's a longer cast than an overhead cast, so the effect is to increase both the speed of the rod and the load. Do it right and there's nothing longer except a pendulum cast. Do it wrong and you can loose a rig, embarrass yourself or kill somebody. You can do it with your spinner and the casting cannon will definitely make it easier ;D
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The "Latimeria Cast" is by far the most professional and most kinetic cast. ;D hahahaha
Can't wait to throw it by you at the Spring Grinner Gathering ;D
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I haven't casted too many conventionals but between surf casting and a whole lot of fly fishing it's 65% back cast.. Gotta load your rod tip and never come forward before the line is strait out behind you.. The only difference between a fly and a 6oz piece of lead is you don't go back as fast..
Hatteras cast is a circular casting motion, not like a fly rod cast. It's a longer cast than an overhead cast, so the effect is to increase both the speed of the rod and the load. Do it right and there's nothing longer except a pendulum cast. Do it wrong and you can loose a rig, embarrass yourself or kill somebody. You can do it with your spinner and the casting cannon will definitely make it easier ;D
Ya I looked it up.. It looks like a cross between an "S" cast and a "shadow cast" on the backwards motion.. I haven't heard of the others though..
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Nice Bat! From 2013..... ;D
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You are so cool!!
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The "Latimeria Cast" is by far the most professional and most kinetic cast. ;D hahahaha
Can't wait to throw it by you at the Spring Grinner Gathering ;D
Where have I heard that before... Oh yeah... It was our resident super caster who cast almost hit me 200 yards down the beach when he was trying to cast it out into the ocean. ;D :P ;D :P
He could cast a sinker, but god forbid there was a bait attached. lol
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The "Latimeria Cast" is by far the most professional and most kinetic cast. ;D hahahaha
Can't wait to throw it by you at the Spring Grinner Gathering ;D
Where have I heard that before... Oh yeah... It was our resident super caster who cast almost hit me 200 yards down the beach when he was trying to cast it out into the ocean. ;D :P ;D :P
He could cast a sinker, but god forbid there was a bait attached. lol
Got a confession to make. I had the on/off backwards on the centrifugal brakes. Now I am running with 5 out of 6 brakes on, 1 off, and that seems to be the sweet spot. I also hit a wall in terms of distance. I asked TFT to give my rig a cast, and he just picked it up and airmailed me. I asked him what I was doing and he said to hit it with more left hand. Said you just have to get over the fear of the major birds nest and just let it rip. He was right. I tried it this past weekend and got way better distance, especially with bait and 6oz. I might have hooked a couple, but there's no doubt it was much further out there. TFT said it's also a much lower trajectory cast than what I've been getting with my spinning gear, and he was right about that too. But the bottom line is I'm casting further and with a little more practice should be able to find the sweet spot on the trajectory.
Then it's on to the Hatteras cast and Glory when I blow it by Tom at the Spring Grinner Gathering ;D
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Got a confession to make. I had the on/off backwards on the centrifugal brakes. Now I am running with 5 out of 6 brakes on, 1 off
And I was thinking you had the most "educated thumb" in the world. As fast as a Fathom is, I was surprised you were running it brake free with straight braid. :)
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Got a confession to make. I had the on/off backwards on the centrifugal brakes. Now I am running with 5 out of 6 brakes on, 1 off
And I was thinking you had the most "educated thumb" in the world. As fast as a Fathom is, I was surprised you were running it brake free with straight braid. :)
I have no brakes on mine, just fished it straight out of the box. You get used to it pretty quick. It also started off on my jigstick, which I find is harder to cast without backlashes because of the lighter being thrown. I found this helped speed up the learning curve.