Advice!

[simonlawton]

Hi All, well for some reason `age` seems to be catching up with me I fear and I am going to have to go back to fishing with a Multiplier set up and need some advice on choice.
I, for some reason, cast with a fixed spool set up over my left shoulder and my shoulder joint is playing up big time and so after a while its agony. However, back in my Multiplier days, (Garcia Mitchell 602, Intrepid seastreak, Penn Sea Boy, thats how long!!) I cast them over my right shoulder!!
So, For the sake of my shoulder I think I need a new rod/reel multiplier set up but theres so much choice I need your experience! Not too fazed by needing the `named` brands, and would by a combo from a magazine if anyone can point me in the right direction, cheers

[basskingfifteen]

The easiest way to achieve a bit of distance and ease of cast simon is to use one of the longer rods.........14foot -16 foot

nice easy action ,either fixed spool or multi

with a simple overhead thump they actually cast really well , the extra length seems to help .

from what ive seen you dont need to spend a fortune on them neither , most of the companies do the longer rods now , normally 3 piece but dont be put off

try and have a go with one and see how you get on ..........

[lighty]

Why then don't you stick to your Fixed spool and cast over your right shoulder, presuming you have your reel up rod, going the other side with the reel down low will allow you to still hold the reel with your left hand.

Well that's that sorted then, any more problems give me a shout???...lol..lol

lighty

[snoopy54]

Heyup nipper
didnt realise you were such a cack handed tnuc when it came to casting,I agree with Lighty,dont go splashing out a wad on a new rodnreel,learn to cast proper over your right shoulder mate

[martyng]

I broke my right shoulder in my youth when I seized the motor on my bike doing 70+ on the motorway A couple of years later I broke the left one when my driver skidded on black ice and drove our fire engine through front of a Nat West bank This has left me with reduced movement in both shoulders and more than a hint of arthritis

When I decided to improve my casting and went to a Casting Coach he rapidly found out that because of my shoulders the only cast I could successfully do to get distance was an "off-the-ground" cast.

Initially with a Penn 15ft and fixed spool I was doing OK but when I switched to a Greys Tripplex 16ft I really got into the cast and can now reach a respectable distance when I need to (but suffer for it the next day with aches and pains) . Oddly, when I tried a Penn 525 multiplier I got exactly the same distance as when I was using my preferred Penn Surfmaster 70 fixed spool.

So if I were you I'd stick with your fixed spool and go find a casting coach to get you into the habit of casting over your best shoulder...

[lighty]

just a thought m8, (though not on Ryde Pier) you could learn the Backcast.
It may help your shoulder as you pull the cast rather than push it.

lighty

[eccles]

I don't have the physical problems of some (hard luck chaps) but agree with martyng that the OTG cast is probably easiest to get a bit of distance in a fairly relaxed manner. Don't use one myself but I bet a 15 ft rod with say a 5ft drop to the sinker would get you out 100 yds without a huge effort, must try it some time meself.

[snoopy54]

Boys,boys......this is my brother Simon you are talking about,the back cast and OTG require a little co-ordination........nuff said really,hee,hee

[simonlawton]

Thanks for the advice so far (apart from my numbnutted bro!) Those 15` plus rods do sound interesting, and my much beloved wants me to treat myself to some fishing gear for Christmas!
That said I like to fish light these days having dabbled in coarse fishing, and we all know Bass come right up to your feet hunting in the surf.
I will get some practice in and persevere and see if a chiropractor can do owt with said shoulder! Oh and Big Bro, sorry for calling you Numbnuts, you gave me the rod and reel! lol.

[lighty]

Personnely nipper I think you are going the wrong way, fifteen foot rod is quite a handful whereas a 11 to12 ft rod is so much easier to control and much less harmful to your shoulders,
and of course you will still be able to cast as far as you need with the right technique.
I do use 15ft rods but only to get me high enough over the surf from the beach, they dont cast further than my shorter rods.

lighty

[eccles]

Could be right their lighty, I recently bought a Firefly Bass Rod (12' 4") - very light and slim but it will chuck a 4 oz sinker a fair old distance and I pulled in a sizeable codling with it a couple of weeks ago.

[lighty]

Les Moncreif got 196yds I think using an 11ft.6inch rod, we used to get between 150 -200 yds on court with the same rod, think the reel was a penn Squidder or Mitchell 602 loaded with 22lb line and that was before the pendulum was used, years ago!

So you can have easier fishing via a shorter rod and still get some good distances if needed. I know my nippers Daiwa Paul Kerry super cast or whatever it was called was a fixed spool rod, not that long, that was so easy to fish with and so easy to cast it was a joy to use and if I had more sense I'd be using one like it today instead of these gurt thick long rods of mine..lol

lighty

[snoopy54]

Lighty
take a look at the new Century Tip Tornado LD,s,they are the slimmest Blanks Ive ever seen and by gawd they can put it out there mate

[lighty]

I've cast the Century Tip Tornado Clive and didn't like it as it was too tippy for me, also mate I like a thick handle, something to get a grip of so the LD would be out of the question.

lighty

[maxwell]

Got to agree with you there Lighty, i got a ccc.ld and the first thing i did was put 3 lots of shrink tube on and a foam bottom grip.

They are too thin on the handle for me, i found the rod was twisting on the cast, but they got a lovely action.