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Whats my distance??

PostPosted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 11:44 pm
by Kraken
Went up to the coaldocks in Youghal to do a bit of short distance practice casting (dont know about ye but I have trouble casting short :D )

After a while I got bored and decided to start hitting it a bit.

I was using my primo synchro, an abu sports mag , 15Lb suffix tritanium, 5oz lead and mags set to zero.

This is what I started with (apologies for pic quality - mobile is crap)




and this is what I ended up with :shock:




Now I know the reel wasnt full to the top or near it but it was fairly close
- anyone care to take a stab at what kinda distance it was?? I would seriously love to have it measured.
I'm even thinking of taking all the line off the reel just to measure it :roll:

Anyway... I'm well pleased with it and have repeated it a number of times since so I know it wasnt a fluke :D

cheers,
john.

PostPosted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 12:18 am
by davybrown99
63 an 1/2 yards :wink:

PostPosted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 12:36 am
by JOHN1
go to your nearest playing fields and walk it off should give you a very good idea :wink:
and just to be on the safe side reduce it by about 10% just for line stretch :shock: :lol:

what distance

PostPosted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 1:01 am
by keitzer30
yeah hit it on a grass playing field and step it out

PostPosted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 10:33 am
by kstaff
Yip just pace it out John, lay the lead on the beach and walk backwards until the reel is empty, you'll get a fairly good idea. Looks good anyway.

PostPosted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 12:11 pm
by MAC
Is that a 5500 sports Mag. Hard to tell from the pictures.

If it's a 5500 with 0.35 line, I'd be guessing about 150 - 170 yards. If it is a 6500.... 170 - 190. Like the lads mentioned, pace it out in the field and you'll get a decent idea.

Kev

PostPosted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 1:06 pm
by Kraken
Cheers Lads,

Mac - its a 6500 sports mag

gonna head to the Friary College (for those of ye who know it) and measure it out -- I have to know :roll:

john.

PostPosted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 2:25 pm
by kstaff
How about a fiver a man to the nearest pace?

PostPosted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 9:43 am
by dbrock
any results yet ?
looked like a decent cast either way

PostPosted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 12:11 pm
by Kraken
Just back in from the college

Paced it out and its a healthy.......



195 yards!!!!!!!

Well pleased with it - only 5 yards off my target :evil:

time to put more line on the reel and start all over again

cheers lads,

john

PostPosted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 12:37 pm
by kstaff
Good stuff John, that's a mighty chuck! That 200 is gonna be yours soon!

PostPosted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 8:25 pm
by Kraken
Cheers Keith.

Dunno bout the 200 -

-was givin it pretty much everything I had to hit that - will keep trying though - extra line and plenty of practice :D :D

Long drop-slow swing - looking up - listening to that sweet sound of the reel screaming at me - not havin a clue where the lead landed :shock:

love it........

john.

PostPosted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 11:10 am
by MAC
I was close..... :D

PostPosted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 11:42 am
by kstaff
Sounds good John,
are you coming up to the Fishing Expo this weekend? The casting lads will sort that 200 for ya, If ur driving up throw in the rod!
What you'll learn in 5 minutes is worth weeks of practice on your own.

PostPosted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 12:58 pm
by Kraken
Wont be able to make the expo again this year :evil:

work is spoiling my fun once again

oh for early retirement..... :wink:


john.

PostPosted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 2:38 pm
by paddyc
195 is as good as a 200 in my book, well done :wink:
it may just have been the conditions on the day holing you back, the same cast on another day might yeld you sucess, practice makes perfect and believe me the more you practice the better you will get. Lidel or Aldi sometimes do some line counters that can be attached to the rod and once you have cast run the line around the wheel and reel in as you do so the wheel registers the distance, they are fairly accurate too within a metre or so.

PostPosted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 8:20 pm
by Conor P
How much?

PostPosted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 9:11 pm
by eric
well done kraken 8)