"George Adams" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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Yes. He had the float, some added weight, plus the bait, a nightcrawler.
Alltogether they put a substancial bend in the rod when casting and
retrieving,
so I would say they totalled a fair amount of weight. The actual cast was
a
slow lob that seemed to require very little effort.



Which explains also why he was using a softish rod. A fast rod will not
work very well for this type of casting, depending on the weight used, one
can not cast it slowly enough, ( the acceleration must be slow and steady),
and more effort is required, although they are generally better implements
for float fishing. Unfortunately, it is difficult to set the hook properly
with such rods, especially at distance.

There are so many different rod actions nowadays, not to mention all the
other tackle, some highly specific to fish and circumstances, that it has
become more and more difficult to keep track of them all. Most beginners are
baffled by it all( Quite irrespective of the type of fishing they do).
Much the same applies to flyrods and lines in the meantime.

Having cause to ruminate on this and similar matters recently, I came to the
conclusion that I now get almost as much pleasure and satisfaction from the
technical side of things, tackle, flies, lines etc etc, as I do from
actually fishing. I certainly spend more time on it! Indeed, I spent the
last three days casting at least eight hours every day with various rods,
lines, people, etc. Not fishing, but quite enjoyable nonetheless.

This is not a recommendation that anybody else should do the same, there is
no substitute for actually fishing, it just seems to have turned out that
way for me.

TL
MC