Hello gents -

Apologies if this has been asked before/ recently. (I did a cursory look through the first 2 pages).

I fished a 9ft 6 weight the other day. Its a Hardy Swift, an absolute cannon, and I was pleasantly surprised to find that my casting has come on to the point where I could relatively easily cast most of the line, and shoot what was left.

I'm pretty sure I cannot do this with my favourite SLT 4wt - (although it is a slower action).

That got me thinking. Setting aside questions about IF/WHY one would want to do so, is it possible to cast the whole line with any weight of rod? (I guess you'd have to have a reasonable length in all cases - no 6 footers).

Or is there a point/ weight where this becomes generally impossible?

Would a better caster than myself be able to cast the whole line with an 8ft 2 weight for instance?

Thoughts?

<M

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If it is of any interest I once saw Tim Rajeff ( Steve's Brother ) cast 25 yards of a DT6 right through the Guide's Shack at Mike Cusack's Lodge at King Salmon in Alaska.

Not exceptional you might think , but as he was only holding a tip ring between the forefinger and thumb of his right hand ( no rod involved at all ) damned impressive and he won the bet easy !

I'd bet him and his brother could have done it - but exactly why , one would have to speculate about !

Ever helpful

Steve Parton

Hi Mike
I have seen casting instructor from Serbia last summer casting all line with half of rod.First he show with normal two pieces rod,than he use only tip part and aggain he trow all line.Than he use just hands,no rod..I was like this all time

try casting with the top half of your rod, dont be surprised (after you get the hang of it) if it goes further, its a good way to discover special powers.

Thanks for the replies thus far. So it would appear that I was incorrect in my assumption that rod length or line weight would be a limiting factor.

It seems I have much to work on. As I hinted in my first post, there are probably no actual fishing situations in which I would need to cast even 3/4 of the line with a 4 weight. But the challenge is there all the same!

Zoomer - I assume you mean trying to 'project' the cast through the top half when using the full rod?

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just use the top 2 sections as the rod, your cadence will need to speed up.

Ive never fished with just the top sections of my rod ,cant get the reel to fit

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