dorchester this sunday

Message from John,

All

We are casting along Maiden Castle Road in the field just before the one with the hump in.

To get there leave the Dorchester Bypass at the A354 roundabout by the football ground and go towards the town centre, straight on at the mini roundabout (Tesco) and then first left into Maiden Castle Road. Drive along this road for about half a mile out into the country side and as you are approaching Maiden Castle (ancient earthworks) there is a track on the right which you drive down about 50m and we are in a field on the right. Alternatively just follow the Ancient Monument signs for Maiden Castle.

The weather forecast is for a strong SSW wind and dare I say it , rain. Hopefully we could have a really good day, with lots of PB's.

John

sounds good but i dont think im going to make it as ive got work to play catch up with.

still not able!
Hopefully in a couple months time.....

Good luck to those going.

should be getting some good distances with the wind forecast....

depends on the type of wind and air pressure.
strong winds do not always mean big distances

well i spose if ya casting into it. air pressure???? well from what heard about your casting guess it matters

I'll be there, casting into the wind though will see my lead home a site earlier than me!

if it is a windy day chuck a tuft of grass into the air and watch what it does.
if it is high pressure the grass is blown downwards towards the ground and doesnt go far.
if there is low pressure the grass will be blown along and upwards (lifting wind) and go a lot further.
therefore if you cast with a lifting wind the line will be blown along and up rather than being forced towards the ground. this can make quite a difference in distance.
simples really

you wont notice it too much on a 100 yd cast, but you certainly will on a 250yd cast

ah right, didnt think there was that much influence... every days a school day

Looking forward to this one

Big Brad wrote:if it is a windy day chuck a tuft of grass into the air and watch what it does.
if it is high pressure the grass is blown downwards towards the ground and doesnt go far.
if there is low pressure the grass will be blown along and upwards (lifting wind) and go a lot further.
therefore if you cast with a lifting wind the line will be blown along and up rather than being forced towards the ground. this can make quite a difference in distance.
simples really

you wont notice it too much on a 100 yd cast, but you certainly will on a 250yd cast

Will it work with shingle on the beach...?

think it depends on how strong the wind is ade's...

oldage wrote:

Big Brad wrote:if it is a windy day chuck a tuft of grass into the air and watch what it does.
if it is high pressure the grass is blown downwards towards the ground and doesnt go far.
if there is low pressure the grass will be blown along and upwards (lifting wind) and go a lot further.
therefore if you cast with a lifting wind the line will be blown along and up rather than being forced towards the ground. this can make quite a difference in distance.
simples really

you wont notice it too much on a 100 yd cast, but you certainly will on a 250yd cast

Will it work with shingle on the beach...?

Hopefully I'll be there.

right just out of interest how far is classed as a decent cast??? i know in carp fishing its say 120yrds, just what the equivilent would be up the feild, is it say .......170m....?????

240m+

A decent cast is slightly over about twice as far as I'm able to cast

I'm only joking!!!

I guess there are differeing milestones for everyone, your first 200yds(183m), then 220yds(200m) etc etc...

Personally i think any cast over 150m is a good cast...

Depends how far the fish are from the shore?

shane wrote:240m+

not many of us decent casters on the forum then.

Yeah Yeah, not all built like a human trebuchet

Wind looking good
for tomorrow but drizzle then heavy rain
in the afternoon

shane wrote:Yeah Yeah, not all built like a human trebuchet

where did you up with a word like that

Big Brad wrote:

shane wrote:Yeah Yeah, not all built like a human trebuchet

where did you up with a word like that

i is edumacated mush, Innit!!!!

ok well after mine and litchy's casting in the fields the other day i was hitting around 160 paces so recon thats probs around 150m so quite happy with that, but guess know for sure tomorrow.