Thread: Surfcasting lessons

A most basic cast that works quite well is to let out enough line so that with the rod horizontal over your shoulder behind you the sinker can sit on the beach mabey only a meter behind your feet.
So that if you imagine looking at yourself from the side your rod is horizontal or close to then the line comes back at an angle to the sinker which is closer to your feet than the tip of the rod.
Then when you start the cast the sinker will first start to move away from your feet back up the beach starting a pendulum action that helps load the rod and catapult the sinker and bait out.

If not already doing this give it a try, a bit of experimentation with length of line out to suit your rod and sinker should see decent improvement in range and accuracy compared to just lobbing it out.

Cast straight out in front of you with this technique.
If right handed start with right arm locked and pull down hard with left arm then follow threw.