A Beginners Guide To Casting A Multiplier Reel.doc

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A Beginners Guide To Casting A Multiplier Reel

If you're starting out angling and you're reasonably serious about progressing, you need to learn how to cast a

multiplier reel.

To start off with, you need:

A 12-1 ft !od, rated 2-o" or -#o" with a $edium action.

A $ultiplier reel

Appropriate diameter nylon

%eader

&iners according to the rod rating

A rod with a Trigger winch helps with handling the rod and reel.


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Balancing your equipment

This is crucial to successful casting.

All your e(uipment needs to be 'balanced' together - woring together as a unit.

e.g.: A big reel on a small rod will not be easy to use. &imilarly, large diameter line on a small reel will not worwell.

As a point of reference and )ust as an e*ample, use the following as a guideline:

+aiwa reels si"e - use .-. mm mono as your mainline.

&himano reels si"e /+aiwa reels si"e - use .-.mm mono.

0ear in mind that thinner diameter line is easier to cast and also casts further.

&himano reels si"e /+aiwa reels si"e - should be used on a 1-1ft rod, rated at #-3o" 0siner weight

+aiwa reels si"e - can be used on 12-1ft rods, rated at -# o"

4enerally, the greater the diameter of your mainline, the bigger the si"e siner you need to eep the reel turning

during it's flight.

The greater the diameter of the mono, the greater the wind resistance through the air---5 the greater the drag

---5 the (uicer the siner will slow down.

This is the reason why one can cast much further using thinner diameter line.

To eep things balanced:

6g. 7sing a +aiwa &altist /&himano Torium with .mm line on a rod rated #-3o" - you will need an 3o"

siner to eep the reel turning and o8ercome wind drag during the cast.

6g: 7sing a +aiwa &altist with .mm line on a -#o" rod - you can use a or o" siner.

These are )ust guidelines. There are many other factors to consider, 0including casting style and (uality of

e(uipment, to tae into account. As you gain more e*perience, you will find what wors for you.

Dynamics of Casting

9ou, your rod, reel, line, leader and siner need to be matched together in order to produce consistent trouble-

free casting.

+uring a cast, there are a number of factors that play a part in maing it successful.

The rod pro8ides the impetus to turn the spool of the reel, allowing line to flow smoothly off the reel, which is

then maintained by the momentum of the siner tra8elling through the air.


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Reel spool

The fuller the reel is with line, the greater is the amount of line coming off the reel per re8olution.

ith a partially filled reel, a much smaller amount of line comes off per re8olution - often not enough line

comes off at the initial point of the cast, when the most force is applied to the turning spool. This will lead to

problems ---5 short casts, snap-offs and o8erwinds.

Always eep your spool filled with line.

A properly filled reel:

Line lay

A critical factor in casting is line lay on the reel. The line should be wound onto the reel in a smooth criss-cross

pattern, eeping the line uniformly flat across the plane of the spool. As soon as a bump of line appears on the

spool, this is a cause for concern, as the layers of line on top of the bump will slip down into the troughs below


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when placed under pressure. This will cause an interuption of the line coming off the reel during a cast, a loop

of line coming off the reel out of se(uence is an instant recipe for an o8erwind.

$ae sure your line is laid down neatly and flatly - uniformly across the spool.

A good idea when practicing casting is to wet your spool with fresh water. This allows the line to slip off easier,

stretches easier and pre8ents thumb burn.

Leaders

It is simply stupid not to use a leader in !oc and &urf.

A leader is essentially mono of a greater diameter and breaing strain than your mainline.

;oin your mainline to a leader of appro*imately 1.-2* the diameter of the mainline, either with a &pider


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The leader should be double the length of your rod. hat this does is it allows you to wind a few turns of thestronger leader onto the spool of your reel, allowing you to mae the cast off your leader. The initial force on

the line during a cast places huge strain on the mono, so ha8ing a thicer leader on your reel allows you to

throw much harder, pre8enting snapoffs on the cast.

A leader also pro8ides other benefits such as greater abrasion resistance and strength on the business end.

The Reel

>now the components and functions of your reel. %earning to cast with a multiplier is easier when you nowhow things wor.

?entrifugal raes

$any reels are made with ?entrifugal braes as part of the reel.

These are designed scientifically to help brae the spool when it's needed. $ost of the orld's greatest distance

casters use some sort of mechanical braing system in their reels - either centrifugal or magnetic. These braes

help to brae a reel spool when it is spinning fast.

They are there for a reason - use them@@


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All +aiwa reels come standard with ?entrifugal braes.

&himano Trinidad's and the enn =athom also do.

The enn Tor(ue, &himano Torium do notha8e centrifugal braes.

A braing system is 8ery helpful when fishing at night and for those that don't fish too often.

$ae sure your first reel has ?entrifugal braes, they help enormously.

Cast Control knob

=ound on the handle side of the reel - turned tight will physically tighten a spring up against the spool shaft,

maing it more difficult to turn the spool.

%ess tight, and the spool will turn faster and more freely.

hen starting, tighten up the ?ast control nob. As you become more confident, you can loosen the nob a

(uarter turn at a time, until you find a setting that is easiest for your style and e*pertise.


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Clutch Leer

Also on the


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The !pool shoulder

$any reels are designed o8erseas for Bffshore/boat fishing. &outh Africans ha8e turned things completely

upside down and made some boat reels the best casting reels under the sun@ roper casting reels, lie the +aiwa

4randwa8e series, ha8e a shoulder on the spool. This is where you place your thumb when you're ready to cast

and when you're 'feathering' the reel during the siner flight. $ost of the reels don't ha8e this shoulder, howe8er

so one needs to find a spot on the lip of the spool to brae it.

+ifferent reels ha8e 8arying degrees of metal lips or shoulders on the spool...


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hen a reel is spinning at high re8olutions, there will come a time where you will need to apply emergency

braes to the spool, often resulting in thumb burn - a nice big blister on your thumb@

This is caused by the line burning your sin when spinning out of control. This is why we try brae the reel on

the metal lip. If you don't, you ris burning the line as well. If your thumb is being burnt, you can be sure that

the line has been burnt too@

"o# to Cast

&ee this post - http://www.ultimateangling.co."a/inde*.phpCtopicDEF11.and study the Lo# Compression $ff

the Ground cast. Teach yourself how to do the basics right, then you can progress.

rocedure:

Inspect the line on the !eel. $ae sure your leader nots are on the !


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This will help you in pre8enting an o8erwind, maing the reel more controllable. ith the ?ast control tight,

you won't get much distance, but distance is not the ob)ect here - learning how to control your e(uipment

properly is the primary ob)ecti8e. ith e*perience, you can loosen a (uarter turn at a time. As the ?ast control

nob gets loosened, the reel will spin faster and the further you will cast.

The ideal setting for the ?ast control nob - this is what you should aim at achie8ing - is when the nob is loose

enough so that there is a tiny amount of lateral play in the spool. Too much lateral play will cause the spool to

8ibrate and brae itself against the reel frame.

lace your left thumb on the lip of the reel spool.

+isengage the ?lutch le8er.

4et your setup and stance right.

&wing the cast firmly and smoothly. G6H6! )er the rod - this I%% o8erwind the reel.

At the point of release 0deg in the sy, let go with your thumb.


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The reel will now start spinning fast. >eep your thumb positioned abo8e the spool so that you can )ust feel the

line coming off the reel.

ith e*perience, you will learn when the line coming off is too (uic and a bunch is de8eloping. At this point

you lightly 'feather' the reel with your thumb to slow it down to a controllable speed.

atch your siner - as it slows down as it nears the water, begin braing the spool with your thumb. hen it

hits the water, brae the spool abruptly. If you don't, the siner stops, but the reel doesn't stop spinning and you

get the famous o8erwind@ +on't worry about o8erwinds - e8eryone gets them - it's part of the game@

ring the &cissors@@

ecause of the absolute ine8itablility of B8erwinds in learning how to cast, one should shop carefully for

mainline. uy the cheaper brands of line to practice your casting with, and eep the more (uality lines for your

proper fishing.


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The mechanics of an $er#ind

The principles behind building a ma)or o8erwind are relati8ely simple, and once understood, the means of

stopping them becomes a lot clearer.

hen a siner is cast, the rod stops in the direction you want the siner to go, and the acceleration pro8ided by

the rod straightening out, sends the siner away on its )ourney. At the same time, the line behind the siner startsto pull line off the reel spool. Initially, the spools inertia resists the pull of the line, but (uicly the force e*erted

by the siner on the line o8ercomes the spools inertia and it starts to spin, allowing line to follow the path of

the siner.

ut the reel spool e*tracts a price for allowing itself to be spun. It stores the energy it gained from its original

inertia, and adds some e*tra centrifugal force to its storehouse as well. There, this force waits for the best time

to do the most harm. As soon as the siner starts to slow down as it heads toward the water, the force on the line

being pulled off the reel lessens. Gow is the first opportunity for the line on the spool to wrea its ha8oc. If the

spool is notslowed at this point it will carry on spinning faster than the line coming off it - spewing out loose

loops of line that wrap around, under and o8er each other, forming the dreadedJ B8erwind@

If the angler manages to get o8er this hurdle, the ne*t chance for the spool to do some damage is when the

siner hits the water, and while no line is being pulled from the reel, the spool continues to spin. As abo8e,

unless the reel spool is stopped as the siner hits the water it will go on spinning a wonderful web of loops and

iliciting some of the most colourful language imagineable@ That's fishing@

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