How Do You Improve Your Casting?

[CPBassFishing]

I tie on a 3/4 oz. saltwater egg sinker. I got it for $1 at dicks and I just tie my line to the eye and practice my flipping and pitching. I don't really have to practice regular casting, its easy enough that I can pick my rod up after the few winter months and cast well.

[BassThumb]

Snip the hook from an old 1/2 oz. spinnerbait with a side-cutter and toss it around the yard, trying to hit targets.  For long-distance casting, plastic jugs make a good target, and for close-quarter practice, trying to land the bait into a 5 gallon pail set on it's side works well. Be careful when using targets because if you hit them too hard, you'll get a nasty backlash. That's one of the reasons I prefer light plastic jugs for distance casting.

[WDinarte]

  My wife and some neighbors still don't get it that you can practices some casting out the water.
But now I know that is more of one wife and some other people that think that we are somehow " LOCOS " crazy!!!!

[endless]

  My wife and some neighbors still don't get it that you can practices some casting out the water.

But now I know that is more of one wife and some other people that think that we are somehow " LOCOS " crazy!!!!

Sometimes crazy isn't a bad thing!!

[islandbass]

Good stuff! The one thing I do differently, because I don't fish from a boat, is not to pitch from an elevated position.

 

Another thing you can experiment with is practice casting "the other way".  Though I prefer LH retrieve, I can now fish with LH or RH now.  Those dark, icy, evenings spent in the cul de sac practicing has earned me that skill in addition to the strange, coo coo stares from the neighbors, lol.

[jhoffman]

I pitch weedless frogs inside, no weight smashing into anything

[Teal]

If your are gonna practice make sure you get in 10 -15 reps back handed or left handed. It opens up an entire field of targets when u are on the water with out having to move you boat or change position. I would suggest turning the breaks up a little if I haven't tried it before. This technique is especially useful for you guys that fish in the back of the boat or from shore.

[endless]

Just for fun for my 5 year old son, I buy those real cheap rattle traps from Walmart and I take off the hooks and allow him to practice his casting and reeling at his Pop Pops and Meemaw house since they have an inground pool.

[Basswhippa]

Ha ! After 45 years of practice, my casting still sucks. I don't even waste my time trying to improve it.

 

Fish

 

A man who knows his limitations.  LOL

 

Practice with a decent reel is key.  Remember practice does not make perfect.  Perfect practice makes perfect.  Eventually you will want a very good reel with good clean bearing. 

 

A few years back Bassmaster had an article regarding a "trick caster".   It was during the time that Curado Greenies, Pearl Chronarchs and Silver Calcuttas ruled the fishing scene. (Some things don't change much)   The thing that was interesting to me is that the trick caster used an ABU 4600C3 which you could buy at the time for $59.99.  He wasn't using a $120 to $200 reel.  ABU invented Ultracast so it really is no suprise.   Tourny casters today prefer some of their 80's Ultracast designs such as the 521 series/Ultra Mag plus series.  A 4600 would be a great reel to start with assuming you need a reel. It is narrow and trains the thumb.

 

Good luck!

[RAMBLER]

PRACTICE !

[matstone7]

I have neighbors driving by asking if I've caught anything yet. Note: casting in the yard can be a bit hard on the retrieve through the grass if it's lumpy, and casting onto concrete is like sandpaper but the retrieve is a lot easier.

 

Try telling them you know the grass pickerel, grass carp, rock bass are there, just haven't bit yet. My neighbors stopped asking, lol.