Questions about casting 125g

standing on the oche for the first time can be a bit daunting for some ,however ,advice and encourangement from fellow casters is the best remedy.you,ll be a more confident caster after just 1 day, then unfortunatley you,ll be hooked. we,re a canny bunch of lads willing to help
 
Hi Will, when I was much younger I cast at east halton (1981/82 I think) and also at a comp that Peter Thain organised at an airfield in Northumberland sometime in the early 1990's (if I remember he cast a north east record on the day, very good to watch).
I've enjoyed reading the posts on this site and I guess that's what got me interested but like I say I'm not a real big hitter so the thought of casting in front of people, other than when I'm fishing, is pretty intimidating to say the least. Don't know if I'd have the bottle to be honest.
Thanks, Ian.
 
hi ian, east halton just south of the humber i was there myself in the eigthties only went to the one event and went to quite a few at driffield,howard grey the backcaster run the east halton one when i went and jeff taylor ran the driffield one them were the good times.oche bottle everybody gets that i believe and you most certainly wont be the only newcomer it only takes that one cast and you are away one cast thats all then you hooked,just meet up with someone going down and travel together its easier, chukka on here is from birtly there will be quite a few from around here meet up with a few for a practice session off beach thats a good idea theres no prob,anyway the crowd i know thats going down cant chuck any further than 100yds anyway theres no competition for me lol
john
 
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went to quite a few at driffield myself,any body know what happend to jeff he was a cracking caster,as was ian hunt ,i know he was thinking of stopping because of work commitments. now that was a good day out!!:D :D :D .
 
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hi bazz, harry barker did quite a bit fishing with jeff down there but never heard of him for a while ,i always thought howard grey was better than ian hunt but could,nt of been much in it either way
john
 
both were good chuckers in their time. as were the other lads that got there.i recon we should have a veterans section and see if we can get them all together now wouldn't that be a laugh:D :D even you would qualify john!!!. sorry it's kind to john day i do appologise:heartpump: :heartpump: :p :p ;) ;) .
 
cheeky bugger i am a spring chicken compared to you and superman,anyway that will powell has been trying to get past len for years and the young whipper snapper still cant do it, if i come to a casting event you will have to pay for my entertainment
john
 
:cool: i think len and dennis retter are the oldest casters compaired to them im a spring chicken at 56:rolleyes: :rolleyes: so you must still be in your 30's john:hallucine: :hallucine:I nineteen thirties!!!!!!!!.
 
hi bazz you telling fisherman tales now 56 hhaha, wish gary was still up here thought he was very good for his size barney was saying he has done 260plus before with 150 grm lead and his conversions were second to none , casting one day at rickleton with gary and barn gary said to me i can see summit you are not quite doing right i never asked him what more the fool me always remember that.
got some good vids here off years ago when seaham lads were right into it while i was on the drink plus nwsf events and uksf here if you ever want to borrow,remember jimmy donkin see him now and again does the odd bit of fishing but not much been trying to prise his synchro off him for years
i,ll be there
john .
 
what do you reckon will do you think we'll ever get him on the oche,i think its time he showed us what he's made of:eek: :eek: :angel: :heartpump: :heartpump: :exclam: :exclam:
 
last time he was down kirkleatham he snapped his stick. i cast with him up seaham a couple of times ,i honestly don,t know how he gets away with it. wot works for him does,nt for others
 
syd burcher was the same seen him snap rods too, mind you saying that i snapped a few prototype raptors myself. even got one on video at blackpool do you remember len it was in 8 bits even the but went ended up having to cast with blanchy's vectra.:o :o :o soooooooostiff niether use to man nor beast!!!!!
 
blanchy gave me one of his xtrs with a beefed up tip ,the butt was soft and it was a great rod ,unforgiving though with a miss- timed cast. 13-8 plus reducer. did 251yds at uksf last year with it
 
:cool: :thumbup: whats happend to gary i thought he was casting again, last i heard he'd got a rod of terry and was starting up again.
 
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