dorchester this sunday

Kep wrote:I'm glad everybody enjoyed it. Personal best here I come or so I thought but I had a crap days casting. Went back and tried off the ground which was also crap but got 180m. Taken up the offer of lessons in Plymouth with my new Bullet, got a lot to iron out. I feel that I can cast better on the beach for some reason.

Doesn't help either having my right thumb but in a splint today by the Physio as I have De Quervains syndrome.

your not the only one to have a crap day. although 240m isnt too bad a distance to say i was disappointed was an understatement. i think its back to basics to try to sort out my timing. i can hit 240m without the wind.

Big Brad wrote:

Kep wrote:I'm glad everybody enjoyed it. Personal best here I come or so I thought but I had a crap days casting. Went back and tried off the ground which was also crap but got 180m. Taken up the offer of lessons in Plymouth with my new Bullet, got a lot to iron out. I feel that I can cast better on the beach for some reason.

Doesn't help either having my right thumb but in a splint today by the Physio as I have De Quervains syndrome.

your not the only one to have a crap day. although 240m isnt too bad a distance to say i was disappointed was an understatement. i think its back to basics to try to sort out my timing. i can hit 240m without the wind.

I thought it was just me having a bad day ,I found the strong wind hard to deal with
ended up with 228m but felt i could have done a lot better . But now know what i have to
work on

guys can anyone turn up for this if so can you please pass me on the details and what your rules are for your casting. hope to see you there

yeah open to all, £7 a session or join for a £10 then its only a £5.
high vis line and leader. min 0f .28mm line for 4oz .31mm for 5oz and ,35 for 6oz. i think thats right anyway. sure it will be posted if not. held on the 3rd sunday each month details usually apear on the forum in the week before hand.

ok thanks arronbarclay hopefully c u there.

Picked up my new Zziplex last night and also had a 2 hr lesson in reel tuning. It wasn't suprising that I was not getting any better. A new set of bearings having been flushed out completely, which is an art in itself, lightly oiled and it now runs for 4min 35 secs. Mag got adjusted as well. The old bearings, although hybrid, were obviously cheap as he showed me the difference between the old and the new.

Then started on my fishing reels, can't wait to use them

tart!
lol

bl**dy hell kep.... you'll be putting leads through the new builds at poundbury..... well if they stay in court......

Or making some lovely birdies Thats a huge run time on the bearings. Where did the bearings come from out of interest. I noticed on mine that one bearing runs well whilst the other is very sluggish.

"RIOVISTA" sells bearings on Ebay for all reels, and cheap, but good(ABECS).
he lives on portland. if you want to see a few bearings pay him a visit. he literally has bearings by the hundreds of thousands.

Weaver wrote:Or making some lovely birdies Thats a huge run time on the bearings. Where did the bearings come from out of interest. I noticed on mine that one bearing runs well whilst the other is very sluggish.

must have come from nasa to be that smooth.....

They did come from the USA.........and I would probably go with Richards hypothesis in that I will probably have more birds nests than getting 250m Will just have to go steady and see how I get on but it WILL be fun.

Litchy wrote:you're right i should keep them for fishing. where do you reccomend starting when it comes to a casting reel then?

I bought both of my casting reels off ebay, cost me around £65 each and were fully converted.

Kep wrote:

Litchy wrote:you're right i should keep them for fishing. where do you reccomend starting when it comes to a casting reel then?

I bought both of my casting reels off ebay, cost me around £65 each and were fully converted.

best i set up an ebay account then! about time i learnt how to use it

Kep wrote:They did come from the USA.........and I would probably go with Richards hypothesis in that I will probably have more birds nests than getting 250m Will just have to go steady and see how I get on but it WILL be fun.

As long as when you spin them up with mags full on they only run for about 10 secs then it makes no difference how long they run with mags fully off, it just proves that they are running very smooth........ just dont be too greedy winding them off in the middle of a cast

P.S , if you dont like them, i've some slower bearings i'll swap with ya

Thanks Shane but he set up my mag as well so it runs around 10-11 secs with mags full on and I have scope to take them a bit further in for more braking. The best thing I found out about cleaning bearings is that they all come with dust covers on them which are fixed on by a spring clip (and fiddly to get off). To clean them properly u need to take these off and wow, what a difference it makes.