casting

Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 8:32 am

hi everyone again. well my daughter wants me to show her how to cast with a beachcaster. she is 9 and got very good casting a lure during the summer but casting a beachcaster is going to be a test. got her and the wife a daiwa supercast 12f and mitchel 700 fixed spool each so she will be using this. its going to be fun and i can batter some leads out also. any tips to help me help her are always very gratefull. tight lines everyone. nick

Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 8:42 am

Hi, when i taught conner to cast i showed him the overhead/off the ground cast. it was definitely the easiest, now he casts almost as far as me, hes 12 now. Cheers...Mick

Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 8:50 am

thats great mate cheers. offf the ground does sound a good idea. thank you very much for the help mate. nick

Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 7:54 pm

Make sure she has plenty of space an a nice even surface so she doesnt have to worry about footwork. A beach would be better than a rockmark, nice clean sea bed so she doesnt get disheartened by snags.

It would probably be wise to start her of on a 4 ounce lead aswell

How long is the rod she will be using, the shorter the better to start with (imho). Also get her to visualize a target to aim at.

NEIL

Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 8:15 pm

hi there, dont get me wrong she was was casting lures on a 10 foot lady pink bass rod, but shortened the butt for her, so i know she can cast. i just want her to start using the 12 foot daiwa supercast i got her.

Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 12:43 pm

If she can cast lures she will be fine, and a 12 foot rod shouldnt overbalance her, good luck with teaching her, my lad is only seven so I only let him float fish with an eight foot stalking rod, he isnt ready for a bigger rod yet, and his casting distance would only land him in the snaggs every time, so when the weather is good and he is interested I let him work away with the float. the little pollack, mackerel and wrasse he catches are great sport for him on the 8tf rod.