Dumb Question

[Ghostshad]

I saw on Tv on a fishing show they had a brushpile & was practicing bringing their baits through the brushpile on dry land. Do you think that would work?

[12poundbass]

I see where it might be useful getting used to the feel of your getting hitting each branch. 

[Jig Man]

I just practice it on real ones in the lake, no brush to get rid of.  Why not throw a bait through tree limbs.

[Sam]

No such thing as a dumb question.

 

You can do this to see how your bait will move over the branches and stumps and then think about the probability of getting your baits hung up.

 

The practice can help you understand how the bait will move through the branches and then how to get it unsnagged.

 

You will also see how the branches interact with your line and if you need to consider braid, fluorocarbon,  mono or copoly to help with the presentation and technique.

 

 

[813basstard]

Negative. 
Casting in front, side, back yard is perfectly acceptable.

If I saw my neighbor doing this, I would immediately bring beer over and we would make poor decisions until dawn. 

[Catt]

10 hours ago, Ghostshad said:

I saw on Tv on a fishing show they had a brushpile & was practicing bringing their baits through the brushpile on dry land. Do you think that would work?

 

Absolutely! ?

 

I've been at this game for close to 60 yrs & i still practice in my yard.

 

The key to getting a lure through any cover is finesse, take your time, don't force it!

[Ghostshad]

Thanks. GodBless

[bagofdonuts]

yep. do it all the time (azalea bushes work great for this). the neighbors think I'm nuts but the cat loves it.

[Hower08]

My neighbors drive by and look at me like I'm a little "different" when I'm flipping to coffee cups and rocks placed around the driveway  standing on the boat

[Bigassbass]

I've practiced throwing lures that I cut the hooks off, (my cat runs after everything I throw) for years.  You can get good at casting and getting out of stuff like trees, bushes, etc.  My neighbors usually yell  "Caught anything yet" when they see me in the yard casting.  

[FishinBuck07]

44 minutes ago, Hower08 said:

My neighbors drive by and look at me like I'm a little "different" when I'm flipping to coffee cups and rocks placed around the driveway  standing on the boat

Oh so that was you, looking like a weirdo that I drove past!!!  haha?

[Smokinal]

Even though the bait may/will not fall like it does in the water, the best thing you can get out of doing this is just being able to imagine what's under the water; when you are on the water.

Every limb is different, every branch is different etc...so it helps if you visualize your bait coming through a given cover by feel.

Take what you learn and see in the yard and that will help visualize that tree under the water.

[Ppennin986]

Things work a whole lot different under water that’s why astronauts train under water to simulate weightlessness it’s not 100% but its close lol 

[Fishes in trees]

Nothing wrong with casting practice in the back yard.  I'm generally working on accuracy with a particular type of cast when I do this, i.e.  a roll cast, back. handed roll cast, pitching, overhead casting for distance, and so forth.  Or I'm just wondering how different rod & reel combinations feel.  It hasn't occurred to me to build a dry land brush pile to practice on.