casting accuracy?

[new2BC4bass]

Many times I have heard that trap and skeet shooters were not as on target when shooting live birds. Since I have had the pleasure of both clay target and liv e bird shooting with a state champion clay target shooter. Few misses on clays and few misses on birds.

I would bet that 99.99% of casting contest people got into contests as an offshoot of fishing and because of basic talent and considerable practice they would waste most of us on the water.

+1 Good hand/eye coordination doesn't disappear just because you moved from a target range to the field (or woods), or from a casting competition to actual fishing. I'd almost be willing to bet that the top tier in either field have better than average eye sight. Read something about that years ago about the best baseball hitters and what great eyesight they had/have.

I probably couldn't make out the targets at the longer ranges these guys cast to so how could I possibly hit them? Not that I could do any better on the ones I could see! :(

[Blue Streak]

Catt I have been pulling your leg a little with some of this, but I am curious now. You say the reel of choice is a wide spool ABU 6500? If I remember right those are a pretty big reel. Why would they be better than a smaller narrow spool reel? And why not use the ABU Record, or is it the same as the 6500 reel?

[Catt]

As per ACA web site

Plug Distance Reels:

In 1/4 oz distance you have should find reel that has a spool with an angle between 5-12. I have a Shimano Super Aero 7000 for two-handed spin distance. There have been other aero models that work too. DAIWA SS2600 ($89..$99 new) with a 12 degree cone angle which is borderline too much. Buy ACA conical spool(s), but you can get started with any light reel with a big spool.

2-hand revolving = I used to say that all decent reels (ABU 1600 ...max, Calais 100A, ABU record 2100, Bantam, ...) are all the same once all extra parts are gone and the brake weights are arranged properly. I recently changed my mind. The ABU 2500C with the available spool (japantackle.com for $78) is a bit better. I think it's mostly because of the ultralight spool (not counting the axle) which requires a smaller brake weight.

5/8 Oz (18g) Plug Revolving Spool Distance, Double Handed resembles tackle you'd use for surf fishing with bait (Abu 6500). Of course, you'd jetison the bait this way! The rod length is unrestricted and both 5/8 games require line no thinner than .010". This event produces the longest of the ACA casts in the 380' range!

Aint bothering me none 

[Blue Streak]

Thanks for explaining that. Do you use a very small diameter line? Or does the test of the line come into play according to the rules? And does say mono cast better than flouro or a hybrid?