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Originally Posted by chuckfluffer
Steve, just to put Mikes record into perspective. Our (the BFCC) five and seven events are for production rods and lines (9' rods). Mike took my record with a #7 DT, probably just under 80' long that he completely aerialised so he was, in effect, casting a giant shooting head, my original record was with a #7 Mastery Expert Distance. The rod on both occassions was my bog standard Bloke #7 XL50. Mike has a thing about proving you can cast as far with a DT as you can with a long belly WF.
You have to be a superb caster to cast a standard WF with anything more than 10' of overhang but some lines hinge more than others, I suspect the thickness of the running line has a lot to do with it.
Mike
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Thats is correct you can cast just as far or more distance with a standard DT line.
I could never cast well with a long belly fly line but casting a DT 5
Shooting the line into the back and forward casts and holding the backing knot on the final back cast was for me a more productive method. If the rod is powerfull like a TCR it will hold 90 feet on the back cast no problem.
On the forward cast a long haul and the line becomes a very long shooting head.
If you are reading this Mike well done mate
Gary Nicho
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