Yesterday some of us dutch guys came together for some casting.
Now I've got tons of excuses, but bottom line is I was not in my best shape and struggled to cast over 120ft.
While trying to explain something to someone about the haul (details don't matter), I was casting without a rod.
Without a rod I was casting around 60ft.
To me it completely makes no sense that I was not able to cast twice the distance with a 9ft rod as I was without a rod.
Does this theoretically make any sense?
Would there be a way to approximate how much distance you should theoretically gain with every ft of rod?
Cheers, Bart
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Rod length to distance, it does not make sense
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Re: Rod length to distance, it does not make sense
Hi Bart
I take it you were hauling the hand casts?
Cheers,
Dirk
I take it you were hauling the hand casts?
Cheers,
Dirk
Re: Rod length to distance, it does not make sense
Here is a rule of the thumb based on the assumption that distance achieved directly depends on line energy.
If you divide rod length by 2, you loose 1/3 in distance. If you divide by 4 you loose half the distance.
Merlin
If you divide rod length by 2, you loose 1/3 in distance. If you divide by 4 you loose half the distance.
Merlin
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Re: Rod length to distance, it does not make sense
Hi Dirk. This was indeed with hauling.Dirk le Roux wrote: ↑Mon Oct 12, 2020 8:53 pm Hi Bart
I take it you were hauling the hand casts?
Cheers,
Dirk
Thanks Merlin.
I assume I also have to take into account the length of my arm?
Then my experience does not some too weird.
Cheers, Bart
Re: Rod length to distance, it does not make sense
Yes Bart, but remember it is a rule of the thumb, no more. It is easy to remember, with simple numbers.
There are too many parameters to define something precisely in terms of performance.
Leverage is a very important thing, and likely the most important one.
Merlin
There are too many parameters to define something precisely in terms of performance.
Leverage is a very important thing, and likely the most important one.
Merlin
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Re: Rod length to distance, it does not make sense
There is also the case of diminishing returns to consider. Throw a line at 1000mph and it’s not going 10 times further than 100mph. Rod length at some point follows the same pattern with leverage working against us. I believe 9’6 is around optimal for distance, but it also depends on style, strength and angler height. It would be very interesting to compare different configurations in a shootout.
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