{"id":6433,"date":"2011-08-13T04:32:05","date_gmt":"2011-08-13T03:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/?p=6433"},"modified":"2015-07-10T15:23:45","modified_gmt":"2015-07-10T14:23:45","slug":"what-size-lead-for-maximum-casting-range","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/what-size-lead-for-maximum-casting-range\/","title":{"rendered":"What Size Lead for Maximum Casting Range?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Question: \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/em>Hi Shaun,<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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.<\/em><\/span>I\u2019ve currently got the Freespirit XS rods. I\u2019m fishing a lake at present which involves a fair chuck. What weight lead can I get away with?<\/span><\/em><\/div>\n
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Cheers, <\/span><\/em>Lee Nichols<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n


\n<\/strong><\/em><\/em> \"\"Shaun Answered: \u00a0<\/strong><\/em>Hi Lee,<\/div>\n
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I found 3 1\/2\u2032s went best for me on my X.S. but I did\u00a0occasionaly\u00a0use 4oz in big side winds. It depends a lot on casting styles.In ideal conditions (no strong cross wind) then 3 1\/2oz suited my casting style for maximum range although I know Mark Hutchinson gets more out of them with lighter \u2013 it all comes down to how much you can compress the rod against the lead and then the rod being able to spring back quick enough.<\/div>\n
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One thing I usually do when trying new rods out and doesn\u2019t take long is something I would strongly urge you to do and that is to get yourself a 3oz a 3 1\/2oz and a 4oz lead then starting with the 3 cast as far as you can. Tie a pole elastic marker on your line, wind in and repeat this 3 times tying a fresh marker on if you cast further removing the original as you wind in. Repeat this with the 3 1\/2 and then the 4 and you will soon see which size suits your rod for your style of casting.<\/div>\n
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Similarly you may be surprised how much difference certain types of lead make as well. It is a simple test which can reveal so much.<\/div>\n
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Hope this helps.<\/div>\n
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Best fishes,\u00a0Shaun<\/div>\n
This article first appeared on the Quest Baits Blog<\/a> & is reproduced with kind permission.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Question: \u00a0\u00a0Hi Shaun, .I\u2019ve currently got the Freespirit XS rods. I\u2019m fishing a lake at present which involves a fair chuck. What weight lead can I get away with? Cheers, Lee Nichols Shaun Answered: \u00a0Hi Lee, . I found 3 1\/2\u2032s went best for me on my X.S. but I did\u00a0occasionaly\u00a0use 4oz in big side […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14068,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[879,190],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-distance-casting","category-general-interest"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6433\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}