Victorian Castin results 16/5/2010

[JPS]

Well we had a very interesting day down here in sunny old Victoria. The day was cold and clear in the morning with the drive down seeing us going into the valley shrouded in fog. On the other side it was a completely different sight with clear blue skies and not a breath of wind to even rustle what little grass there was on the field. There were cobwebs all across the field which gave off a strange reflection in the early morning sun as the dew dried , this was also to prove to be a nuisance with it sticking to the lines and therefore effect the way it went Through the air. Wind was a north North Easterly or what you would call wind.

We had a good turnout with a number of new faces turing up in the hope of getting better performance from their gear as well as picking up a few tips in regards to rigs and the like.
First caster up was Gus Gevna using his Emblem Pro matched to a Penn light surf rod. We set this up with the obligitory 0.65mm shock leader and after a brief explanation he proceeded to hit some OTG cast down field. During the duration of the day Gus was able to simplify his casting and ended with a very consisitent cast . Also a stint with the Century TTLD gave Gus the understanding of how going slower really aids distance.

Another two new faces were Dennis Cottle and fishing mate Ben Pinniger also using their standard surf outfit with threadlines on 12' surf rods . Ben was running his reel with mono whilst Dennis had 20 pound braid on his Penn 7500. Both were pleasantly supprised at how also going slow and reducing the weight that they were used to casting with their rods gave them an increase in the distance stakes.

Our next two casters were Nick Cracknell and Peter Hanson. It was interesting to see that Nick had brought along a old generation British rod in the form of a Conoflex which was built up with the Aluminium Butt and E glass tip. I must say that I was impressed with this rod and would rate it as much better than a lot of rods that we have here currently being sold in Australia. The rod is in excess of 20 year old yet still performs brilliantly.
Both Peter and Nick were favouring the overhead reels with Peter using his QTC framed ABU and Nick hitting his PB with my 6500 CT .

The other regular casters present were Mick Perrotta and Murray Healey with yours truely finishing up the role call.

The whole day was a very casual affair with a lot of friendly banter as we all tried to get the leads down field on a day that was great to be in but not for casting.

Results were as follows.

Ben Pinniger 100 gram F/S 77 meters
Dennis Cottle 100 gram F/S 79 meters
Gus Gevna 100 gram F/S 100 meters
Peter Hanson 150 gram O/H 103 meters
Nick Cracknell 150 gram O/H 121 meters
Murray Healey 150 gram O/H 150 meters ? I Think - Murray can you confirm as we didn't have it on the score book.
Mick Perrotta 150 gram O/H 172 meters
Jeremy Schrader 150 gram O/H 214 meters

I would like to thank all the guys for making the day a great one out with mates.

Thanks

Video footage to follow

[AG]

tuff conditions but the getting out for the day with friends sometimes is better to do than the actual casting well done men

[JPS]

Here is some footage from Sundays casting down in Lancefield , great day out helping people improve their casting and fishing


http://youtube.com/watch?v=UcP_PUfdi0o

Also the results c/o Chas .

WA out did your state in one area only. We had seven casters turn out for our little effort over here to your four..

I got to 'Kings Meadow' where we cast at around 07:00 am and couldn't see the other end of the area. Very misty. Thermometer said it was 7.8 degrees C at 08;00 am and improved to 22.4 degrees C at 01:00 pm. Absolutely NO wind at all and felt very heavy in the air. As the day progressed it got better. By 11:00 am we had a poofteenth of a wind quartering into our faces. Distances weren't all that good, however a couple of newbies did show a lot of potential. Our lady caster, Marcia, tried a new style and immediately picked up an extra 20-30 metres. Marcia has only cast an overhead thump in the past, and today she stepped up to a 'Brighton Cast' with substantial improvement.

Results are as follows:

75 gram:
Scott ROLLS - 150.20 metres
Peter PEKAAR - 132.96 metres
Nathan HANCOCK - 122.35 metres
Marcia PEKAAR - 79.00 metres

100 gram:
Chas RIEGERT - 179.10 metres Longest cast of the day
Peter PEKAAR - 149.22 metres
Jeff HEWTON - 139.28 metres
Nathan HANCOCK - 120.21 metres
Brett SMITH - 116.28 metres
Marcia PEKAAR - 104.00 metres

125 gram:
Chas RIEGERT - 172.50 metres
Scott ROLLS - 165.34 metres
Peter PEKAAR - 157.46 metres
Brett SMITH - 155.59 metres
Jeff HEWTON - 132.33 metres
Nathan HANCOCK - 122.94 metres
Marcia PEKAAR - 102.00 metres

150 gram:
Chas RIEGERT - 176.03 metres
Scott ROLLS - 165.68 metres
Peter PEKAAR - 152.45 metres
Brett SMITH - 145.22 metres
Jeff HEWTON - 130.54 metres

175 gram:
Chas RIEGERT - 156.82 metres
Scott ROLLS - 151.61 metres
Peter PEKAAR - 149.69 metres

All in all we had a dam fine day and left everyone wanting greater distances next time.
After we packed everything up, Scotty had a fling with the Century SRE and my Pete COOGAN 5500. He decided to run the tape out as it went a good distance. He is NOT borrowing it for any future competition, as he put down a 178 metre cast with minimal effort. It only took me about ten seconds to find it when packing up as it was not in my rod holder. Found it in Scotty's car, carefully hidden under some other gear.

Well done to ALL competitors around Aussie.