Many people,male or female,love to fish. As long as you're having fun it doesn't matter how you cast your line, but for those of you who want to know the correct way,I have a technique that should help. Having an award-winning fisherman as a dad helps add to the experience of fishing. The technique is rather simple,yet effective:
- Check your tackle box to make sure you have the ideal amount of line. The spool should be filled to an eighth of an inch from the lip. Any amount more would cause drag in your throw.
- Assume the position for casting. Hold the rod in your dominant hand with the tip pointing to 10 o'clock and drop the lure about a foot from the tip of the rod. Pinch the line against the rod with your index finger to hold it in place. Flip open the bail (the thin wire that keeps the line on the spool.)
- Prepare to cast your line. Snap the tip to the 1 o'clock position to load the rod and then flick it forward, releasing the line when the tip reaches 11 o'clock.
- Cast the line. Your lure will land wherever your rod points after you release your line. To reduce it's entry speed, slow down the spool with your finger. Close the bail and reel in the slack slowly, to make sure the fish still thinks it's food and not a lure.
