you know, the only time you have to cast a long way is when you are fishing a slight sloping storm beach for cod, or any other deep water fish that will not normally come inshore if there is only two foot of water, the rest of the time there is no need for distance casting, eg when you are fishing the rock edges you are aiming for the holes not the exposed rocks one hundred meters further out [aiming being much more important than distance] and why o why do people insist on penduling casting from the piers and breakwaters,you are in deep water, cast it 10 meters you have as much chance as the bloke who is trying to show off with his big casts,and thats really what it all about ,a good sea sea angler knows when he has to hit a distance[ not often ] and when he has to place that bait just almost on the fishes head.