ZAFisher Posted July 4, 2022 Report Share Posted July 4, 2022 9 hours ago, FlatWing said: I do not know why, but I keep coming back and looking at this video - I would never try it, but it is quite mesmerizing Sinker passes not far off his left side; it is very much close to an OH cast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlatWing Posted July 11, 2022 Report Share Posted July 11, 2022 On 7/4/2022 at 1:50 PM, ZAFisher said: Sinker passes not far off his left side; it is very much close to an OH cast. Yes - except that there is a sinker travelling the wrong way for the weak of heart or occasionally clumsy (like me) - I would have to wear a hockey Goalie helmet. ZAFisher 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surf bomber Posted July 11, 2022 Report Share Posted July 11, 2022 Always use proper shock leader and cast safely …. To swing a led weight on a beach in the summer can get a little anxious when your line snaps and sends the weight down a crowded beach ….. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarpsnKatz Posted July 12, 2022 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2022 13 hours ago, Surf bomber said: Always use proper shock leader and cast safely …. To swing a led weight on a beach in the summer can get a little anxious when your line snaps and sends the weight down a crowded beach ….. Have you ever seen this happen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surf bomber Posted July 12, 2022 Report Share Posted July 12, 2022 It’s happened to me when I first started throwing bait casters …it would take a dozen or so casts but I would snap 25 lb mono then moved to 30 and it would still snap …all on 9-10-11-12 foot rods . I think some one actually killed him self in Long Island by hitting him self in the head …as for the present day I take the main line usually 18 - 20 lb mono and thread it thru at least 20 feet of 50 lb hollow core and Finnish it with gorilla glue … no knots , very strong .. it does take time … U tube does have videos …when a weight snaps off it going down the beech parrell to the water high and to the right for a righty and left for a lefty ….always use a shock leader Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Allard Posted February 25, 2023 Report Share Posted February 25, 2023 On 09/06/2022 at 3:51 AM, KarpsnKatz said: It's shame to hear that such a unique Australian institution is shutting down. Apparently they have been saved again by another buyer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarpsnKatz Posted February 26, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2023 On 2/24/2023 at 8:39 PM, Tim Allard said: Apparently they have been saved again by another buyer. Thats good to hear! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jcallaham Posted February 27, 2023 Report Share Posted February 27, 2023 On 5/22/2022 at 1:34 AM, ZAFisher said: Both styles work. I grew up casting and fishing low reel. Now I use a high reel set up. Incidentally, low reel for multipliers and fixed spool on heaver type rods has its roots in South Africa, not England or Europe. my 1st experience with distance casting was in southern California. A man from South Africa ,can't recall his name, started a surf fishing club. He was a distributor for Gemini and several other fishing products. what most impressed me was the rods he sold . It was a cox executive 4/0 -4 The reel seat was set 8" up from the butt. Took me a little while to figure out to use it. I still cast low reel to this day. If you are going for large fish ,get a gut bucket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surf bomber Posted February 27, 2023 Report Share Posted February 27, 2023 I have the movable reel seat on my century but never thought of sliding it down low .. I will have to try it .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAFisher Posted February 27, 2023 Report Share Posted February 27, 2023 5 hours ago, Jcallaham said: It was a cox executive 4/0 -4 Purglas CQ 400/4 is powerful rod: 8oz + big bait Jcallaham 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExcessiveAngler Posted February 27, 2023 Report Share Posted February 27, 2023 36 mins ago, ZAFisher said: Purglas CQ 400/4 is powerful rod: 8oz + big bait I do believe, He’s been looking for one of them for quite a while now! You got a lead on one possibly? EA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jcallaham Posted February 27, 2023 Report Share Posted February 27, 2023 39 mins ago, ZAFisher said: Purglas CQ 400/4 is powerful rod: 8oz + big bait yes purglass. he showed us how to rig an 8oz weight with a whole sardine, or squid, get it out there as far as possible. At 1st I couldn't believe the fish we caught and released. shovel nose sharks, leopard sharks and giant sting rays. He was into weighing each fish and recording the catch. One night 3 of us landed over 300lbs of what he deemed inedibles. prior to fishing with him, all I ever caught were small surf perch occasional corbina and small croakers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarpsnKatz Posted February 28, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2023 If you were to send out a rod for plate seats in the cast low/fight high format, would that require the guides to be reconfigured as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surf bomber Posted March 1, 2023 Report Share Posted March 1, 2023 If it was manufactured as a casting rod I think the guides will have a smaller diameter and low to the rod where a spinning rod will be elevated off the rod and a larger diameter… I know , some folks will put a casting reel on a spinning rod and never have a problem . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarpsnKatz Posted March 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2023 2 mins ago, Surf bomber said: If it was manufactured as a casting rod I think the guides will have a smaller diameter and low to the rod where a spinning rod will be elevated off the rod and a larger diameter… I know , some folks will put a casting reel on a spinning rod and never have a problem . Yes. But what I'm getting at is, if you have a rod set up to cast low, will that effect the positioning of the guides, since the reel will be further away from the first guide? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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