 Evening all, just a thought. I am currently changing my pins and was thinking possibly about getting a pin with a line guard built in (okuma kennet). I usually only fish small river so don't really require long casts and might use a few times on still wates. However i have never tried the Wallace cast and don't really know whether i would ever require it, BUT can you still wallace cast with a line guard? I seem to think you can't, but welcome advice from my fellow fishers, j
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 Yes, but not too often, or you'll groove the line guard.
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 with the kennets line guard being fixed it would make it awkward to wallis cast with the line comming through the opening but nothing a libral dose of a hacksaw and a mini grind wheel cant cure by removing the guards central piller. Line guards arn't the problem ,in fact they're a very good idea ,its just that so many are poorly positioned & get in the way .
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 The kennet would not make a good casting reel because of the design of the lineguard that same lineguard because of its poor design also makes retrieving by batting virtually impossible as well! If you want to learn how to wallis cast and are prepared to travel to lytham st annes I will teach you it6's not difficult
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I really cant see why the the casting of a centrepin is made out to be so difficult its not at all ,when i was about 12 13 my first reel was a pin, ok made of wood but the casting is just the same ,except for a modern pin being a lot smoother
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Thanks for you messages, wasn't around last night after posting. I was 80% sure I was not going to get a pin with a guard. I have a very good engineering friend who i will chat to about the possiblity of making a removeable one for those windy days. Alan thanks for the advice about the batting retrieving i don't want to be doing anything less than this especially if i am long trotting. Would an older pin that does spn as smoothly be good for practicing the wallis? I am thinking that perhaps it would be more forgiving and end up withnout many over runs? cheers j
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An older pin would be fine you can wallis cast with any half decent pin
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The walllis cast is a 'nice to do' but not essential. I find I get enough distance by simply pulling line off the reel. If you do need to cast a float 20 yards+ to reach the fish you are probaly better off using a fixed spool anyway!
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Nice to do's are so because they are just that, nice. Do you not think it would be nice to learn something new, go on expand your horizons, you might like it no end.
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