Whats my distance??

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Whats my distance??

#1 Post 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

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#2 Post by davybrown99 »

63 an 1/2 yards :wink:
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#3 Post 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:
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what distance

#4 Post by keitzer30 »

yeah hit it on a grass playing field and step it out
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#5 Post 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.
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#6 Post 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.

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#7 Post 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:

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#8 Post by kstaff »

How about a fiver a man to the nearest pace?
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#9 Post by dbrock »

any results yet ?
looked like a decent cast either way
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#10 Post 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,

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#11 Post by kstaff »

Good stuff John, that's a mighty chuck! That 200 is gonna be yours soon!
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#12 Post 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........

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#13 Post by MAC »

I was close..... :D
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#14 Post 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!
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#15 Post 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:


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PB Casting Distances:- [color=#BF0000]when I hit 200 I'll post it here[/color]

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#16 Post 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.
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#17 Post by Conor P »

How much?
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#18 Post by eric »

well done kraken 8)
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