Quite right Shaun. Time spent on the water fishing is never the right time to be practicing casting. But like all things, practice makes perfect. I think most of us are guilty of not practicing our casting enough. It is something that I used to do a lot as a youngster, because I was that keen and couldn't wait for the next weekend to arrive so that I could go fishing with the old man again. Every day I practiced on the lawn for at least an hour, and I didn't even see it as practice, I just loved casting. These days I never do it anymore and I have found many bad habits kreeping in. Keep it up boet, because there will come a day when it will count in your favour, that your ability to shoot out your entire line and a few metres of backing is going to make the difference and put you into a memorable fish. The 98cm leerie that I saw cruising and subsequently caught last year was one of those kinds of occassions, and I will never forget it!
"Innocence is a wild trout. But we humans, being complicated, have to pursue innocence in complex ways" - Datus Proper
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