[Mike Barrio]

Casting prototype heads at Haddo today

[Ben Dixon]

Good fun today 

Think I've got that sea trout head thing sussed  will get out and have another play with it this week.  15' heads flying well too.

Cheers

Ben

[Ben Dixon]

Hi Joakim,

What would be a good distance for the sea trout 27g head event with little or no tail wind?


Cheers

Ben

[flyfisher666]

In no wind anything beyond 40m is good, but it takes a very light breeze to put >5m to that.

 At Nordic Open last year we had no wind and the results reflects this.

//Joakim

 

[Ben Dixon]

Cheers Joakim!


What's the record for this event or the longest throw you know of?


Cheers

Ben

[Mike Barrio]

15' heads flying well too.

Certainly was Ben

[flyfisher666]

Nice pic's! The colour of the lines really stands out!

 @Ben - Longest I've heard of is close to 60m (Lasse K).

[Ben Dixon]

Was this with a DT?

Cheers

Ben

[flyfisher666]

I think so. Not sure though. Fairly short i think - about 15-16m.
 He is active om some swedish forums - I'll pm and ask him.

[flyfisher666]

 Got a reply from Lasse. Length was right, but from a GT140.

[Ben Dixon]

Hi Joakim,

Thanks for that!

Got something spliced up from DT's that is doing well just now, had a few hours at it over the last two days in flat conditions and I'm pleased with how it's flying.

Is Rio Slickshooter 25lb legal for your comps?

Cheers

Ben

[Lasse Karlsson]

Hi Ben

Nope, it's too thin  sadly, oh and too short too 

Minimum legal size is 0,35mm thickness, and for oval shootinglines this is measured on the thinnest side, and as far as I remember , Rio's 25lb ends up at 0,32ish... 35lbs is legal though 

Longest cast in competition, would be I think, Steve Rajeff's this year, that went 54,5 m's in a howling gale :



Cheers
Lasse

[Ben Dixon]

Velkommen til forummet Lasse!

Thanks, Just mic'd it again and I get 0.35mm but if it is deemed too thin then I'll bin it now, shame as it is working well for me 

Will try some 35lb tomorrow, hopefully we'll get some wind tomorrow, been fairly calm here for a few days now.


Cheers

Ben

[Lasse Karlsson]

Tak skal du have Ben 

If you get 0,35 then it's cool, however, it's the micrometer on the comp day that counts, as well as the scales....
So have a backup plan in case you come to a competition

I use Berkley XT solar, a trolling line that sadly is discontinued... Mine says 0,42mm but measures at 0,38....

Cheers
Lasse

[Ben Dixon]

Best not to take the chance Lasse, I'll work with something that is definitely legal.  I'm hoping to get to the Pitea comp next June at least and I think we'll have a 27g floating head event at the Sexyloops gathering next year too 

That Solar should be about the same diameter as 15lb Amnesia then, I've got that measured at 0.43mm and 0.4mm (two different spools) or my measuring may just be crap!

Cheers

Ben

[Lasse Karlsson]

You're right about that Ben 

Not a big fan of amnesia, I'd look at Berkley Ironsilk if you can find it, but anything goes as long as it's thick enough 

Good luck if you get up there, there are seriously some of the best casters around hidden away in Northern Sweden, but you've met some of them already so you know 

Cheers
Lasse

[Ben Dixon]

You're right about that Ben 

Not a big fan of amnesia, I'd look at Berkley Ironsilk if you can find it, but anything goes as long as it's thick enough 

Good luck if you get up there, there are seriously some of the best casters around hidden away in Northern Sweden, but you've met some of them already so you know 

Cheers
Lasse

I've always got on quite well with Amnesia in 15lb, it doesn't tangle too much.  The Rio stuff seemed to give me more stability and consistency. Will have a look out for some Berkeley, thanks for the info.

I know they're good up there, that's one of the reasons I want to go Will you be heading up there?  I'd like to get to a few more of the Scandinavian comps, cheap enough to get there just very expensive once we get there.

Cheers

Ben

[Mike Barrio]

Hi Lasse
Welcome to the forum

I'm hoping to go to Pitea with Ben too .... as it is important to have somebody willing to come last in the competition!

Cheers
Mike

[Hamish Young]

Hi Lasse
Welcome to the forum

Yup - Hi Lasse - nice to see you   

I'm hoping to go to Pitea with Ben too .... as it is important to have somebody willing to come last in the competition!

Best wishes
Mike

That's handy Mike, I thought it would be me ending up last 
Who knows, it might still be me last  ???  I'll actually need to practice for a change as I will be going to Pitea and I'm looking forward to it 

H 

[Lasse Karlsson]

Hi Guys

Thanks for the welcome 

Would love to go to Piteå, and see my friends there. But I don't think it will happen next year, we've breed another supercaster that's due beginning of March here in the household. So June is probably too early to run of alone 

When you guys go there, be careful with the late night casting sessions  The locals are used to it, thsoe of us without 24 hours daylight is not..... 

Cheers
Lasse

[Mike Barrio]

Hi Lasse
Congratulations on the new supercaster

Late night casting sessions noted

[Ben Dixon]

Cool!! I can't see you getting away with that Lasse!

Late night casting sessions are no problem, remember Dunkeld?  

Bee out with the sea trout head again today for an hour or so, flying fairly consistently to 42m with the od one just over 43m in flat conditions which I'm very happy with.  Got some 35lb Slickshooter loaded onto a reel and it seems to work just fine.


Cheers

Ben

[Lasse Karlsson]

Hi Ben

Dunkeld was a breeze, the Swedes are serious about their late night casting  

Good distances in flat calm!

That's what I had in WC this year:



I would really have liked to have had Steve's flat calm :



But I'm sure I would have fallen in in these conditions:



Cheers
Lasse

[Mike Barrio]

Great videos Lasse .... sure was windy in the last one!

[Ben Dixon]

Cheers Lasse!

Nice clear videos.

Struggling to break that mark in the conditions I have had this week.  Distances about the same last three days, conditions about the same too but I think we should get some wind next week 

Casting a length of DT with a bit of rear taper welded on, about 26 grams and 53' long.


Cheers

Ben