Spent a couple of hours at the casting pools to try and dial in some new lines on a couple of rods. First off, I've had much too light of a line on my main weapon of choice. While I could overhand it nicely, it just wasn't heavy enough to pound out some longer casts with a some sort of water borne anchor cast. I felt that 65-70 was pretty much maxing it out. With my skill level anyway.
Today, with a heavier line, I could get out further. 70-75 feet wasn't a problem, even though I wasn't standing in the water (an important note considering these are spey casts afterall) .
Now, when I tried a few lines on a longer 12'6" rod, ziiing. I was hitting 90feet without much difficulty. Again, standing out of the water. When the temps warm up later this week, I'll get my feet wet and see what happens. In that scenario, I'm hopeful that I can hit 100 feet.
Ninety Nine percent of the time, I don't need to cast anywhere near that distance. However, on those occasions that I do, it is nice to be prepared. This fall, I'll be up in Washington for a steelhead trip. I want to be comfortable bombing out 80-100 foot casts if possible.
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