Casting hype

[stavey]

as regards j.d smart, i could'nt agree with you more mate. he saw me playing a mullet off a road bridge once, pulled along side and said are you in, i said looks like it [rod bent double and clutch screaming like a banshee]hang on he said il pull over their and get me camera, on arriving the fish decided it did not want a picture taken so with another fast run it slipped the hook, he did'nt get a picture but hey thats fishing, but that was j.d always endevouring to get a great angling shot, and he and he's committment to great angling journalism are sadly missed.

[Ken Davison South Wales]

Hi Stavey,

 

I never fish a three hook trace, single or double and mainly small baits.

 

If I am going for gold I use a single 24" clipdown trace which I make up with a 4oz lead. I use a gripper in heavey to medium seas and a plain rocket for lighter seas.

 

When I fish close in I use 2 to 3oz sliding lead depending on surf and a three to four foot flowing trace. This is my favourite method.

 

With the flood tide on Cefyn Sidan a short cast is ok, having made the cast within 10 mins you have walked back 40 or 50 yrds. You get the best of both worlds like this.

[stavey]

yeh ok ken, well these typre of rods i think, would be good with a 4oz, they may even give the average caster a bit more distance than 5oz, i didnt try it with 4 i should have but never mind, oh by the way i didnt manage to win one of these rods the other night maybe next month, heres hoping.