Corrective Shore Casting...

[The Cornish Kingfisher]

Hi guys. I have decided to post this thread to help begginers with how to cast at shore.

HOW TO CAST OFF THE SHORE:
Stance And Position: Stance is the first thing to understand. For right handed casters you left foot should be facing in the same direction you want the lead to travel and be just a little forward of the body for extra balance. Place your right foot a few inches to the right and behind your left foot with the toes roughly level with the left foots heel. Your right foot will naturally be more comfortable facing at a right angle. This is good because it gives balance and something to kick with at the latter end of the cast. Keep the feet in this position but twist your chest from waist level so that it faces at a full right angle from the sea.

Getting Ready: Push your left arm almost straight out in front of you and just to the left of your face. Now raise your left arm until it points high in to the sky at about 45 degrees. This will naturally pull your right arm straight and give the rod a flat angle. Leave your left arm exactly where it is but lower the right hand by bending the arm at the elbow. You need to dip the rod tip down towards the ground a little and the bending of the elbow achieves this.

Casting: Once having achieved this stance exactly, you now simply turn your head almost in to the target, but looking high in the sky. Now pull through letting the left hand do the work until the right hand comes level with the face. Now continue to pull what will now be downwards with the left hand, but also push upwards with the right hand. Aim for a smooth flow of movement. Don't rush, the cast is slowish. If you try to be too quick the cast will tend to go either straight up in the air, or have a low trajectory from the start which loses distance.

Practice Makes Perfect: Spend time practicing this. It's very easy if you read these words with care. As you pull and punch with the arms you are combining the power from the muscles in the waist and back. As the lead is released the rod will face upwards at about 45 degrees, the left hand will have pulled high in to the chest, and the right arm will stretch out in front of you. You gain a few extra yards by following the descent of the lead with the rod tip. This keeps the line spilling from the reel in the most resistance free way.

I hope this information helps!
Good Luck And Tight Lines!

[carping on]

yeah casting is very important see my first post on how to remove a hook for instance that could happed if you cant cast

[The Cornish Kingfisher]

They way you cast is not only very important for your safety but it deffinalty helps the amount of fish you catch, too - especilly the biggers species.
If you just drop the line in off a pier or jetty - you can catch goby (rocking), wrasse and possibly some mackerel.
If you cast your line off midway - you can catch bigger fish such as cod and codling, whiting and things like that.
If you cast your line really far out - you can catch bass in the classical ''third wave'' and flatties along with the possible small ray.

[carping on]

cool
how far do you cast out

[The Cornish Kingfisher]

It depends on the venue i'm fishing at:
Off piers and jetty's - ussaly short casting.
Off rocks - ussaly midway casting.
Off beaches - ussaly longer casting.
It also depends on the current weather and season.

[carping on]

cool how far on a boat

[The Cornish Kingfisher]

I've only fished a couple of times from a boat and i would either just drop it in or midway casting.

[carping on]

cool people are saying boat fishing is better iis it?

[The Cornish Kingfisher]

I'd personnaly say it's about the same. Although most people can get quite sick on a boat on the open ocean and prefer fishing from the shore.