This was the link that enabled me to finally learn a Wallis style cast
YouTube - Modified Wallis Centerpin Cast from FloatFishingConnection.com
It may not be the 100% authentic wallis cast, but it achieves much the same thing in the same style. BTW - Nice article.
i love that clip ,and the canadian older one of the same style of casting ,they have a wonderful way of getting things back too front those yankies ,its not a modified wallis cast ,that is actually pretty much the nottingham style of casting (less the follow through with the left hand) that wallis modified ,and improved .and how i was first taught as a kid .
i even used too cast my early open faced reels (mitchell) in the same mannor ,the line taken up between spool and first rod ring by fingertip or thumb hooked over line, not a loop as such more a bow of line (sometimes locally called a robin hood cast) ,pulled too aside with rod across the body then gently swung round and the line released ie the nottingham style of casting, off the spool .the size of the bow determined the distance ,usually between 1 to 2 rod lengths ,all that was required and in later life i learnt too cast in wallis's and other wally types as well as many different styles of casting centrepins .
casting in wallis's style isn't hard ,just alien too those who have always used fixed spooled reels in the conventional manner .where force applied = distance .i actually struggle to cast a long wally cast ,as my brain tends to judge the distance, infront of me and limits the force i use without thinking about it ,i just cast too where i think its needed ,and need a big open water/space in front of me to cast far ,with wally casting, thinking about it only complicates it .and practice makes perfect .
i guess at some point everyone tries too see how far they can cast with a centrepin ,there is a cast called a bc cast (i found several years ago on the canadian/american centrepin site quest) bc =baitcasting
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRdwtsVX7d4"]YouTube - Centerpin cast BC flyandfloatfishing.com[/ame]
great for 70m - 100m casts given a ½ ounce or so of shot/weight too fling ,but pretty usless in practicle fishing terms .unless your sea fishing perhaps or carp mauling on big pits or lakes .the cast is easy (very easy if you've used a multiplier /baitcaster before) but the retrieval takes forever though
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