How Do You Cast??? 2024
jmed999 reply :
Do you cast with one hand or two if you are casting for distance from the bank?
K_Mac reply :
Whether from the bank or the boat, I use two hands for greater distance.
Goose52 reply :
On 7/28/2011 at 10:16 PM, K_Mac said:Whether from the bank or the boat, I use two hands for greater distance.
X2.
I always cast with two hands unless I'm performing my meager imitations of a pitch or flip.
Also, as I get older, I'm getting more and more problems with grip strength related to arthritis and other finger problems and two hands help keep the rod in my hand instead of the lake... 
Even with two hands, I've "casted" the rod right out of my hands several times now (luckily, not yet in deep water!).
clayton86 reply :
What they said minus casting into the lake lol
Bass_Fanatic reply :
Two hands.
BrASSmonkey reply :
I also cast 2 handed virtually all of the time. It is more a comfort thing for me. I don't like the feel of casting one handed.
Grey Wolf reply :
Two hands for me. 
deep reply :
Both hands, except for short-range underhand casting, and casting with my ultralight (the handle is too short for both hands lol).
K_Mac reply :
Goose unfortunately I can relate. I haven't lost a combo...yet.
I am still more comfortable using two hands much of the time. I have fished a lot this year from the back of a friends new boat. He likes to pitch to cover. I thought I knew a little about pitching until I started fishing with him. He is amazing to watch. He hits almost impossible spots without any splash most of the time. As a result of watching him my pitching skills have improved and I am much more comfortable and confident pitching. I now often find myself pitching even when fishing in deeper water unless I'm using a "moving" bait.
John G reply :
I cast with one hand when fishing with my rods that are 6' 6" and under and two hands with my 7 footer.
fishingkidPA reply :
2 hands all the time
SirSnookalot reply :
About 75% of time 2 hands. Only time I cast for distance is off a pier or sometimes the beach, 2 hands. Rest of the time I'm pitching with 1 hand along side a jetty, sea walls or docks. 1 handed under neath is much less stress on my back.
hatrix reply :
I never use 2 hands. Im not sure I can even really get it any farther 2 hands. I use 1 hand all the time on spinning or casting gear. Also 2 hands does not seem as accurate for me.
Alpster reply :
That's why God gave you two hands! Speedbead watched me cast an 8' custom G. Loomis rod and a Calcutta 400 into lake Guntersville. Amazingly the 14" cork handle floated the whole rig long enough for me to grab it. Wheeeeewwww!!!!
Ronnie
jmed999 reply :
I use two hand but it seems like I would be much more accurate with 1 hand.
Hooligan reply :
It really depends on technique. Sometimes I have both hands on the rod but am only really using one hand to cast with the other basically on the reel.
islandbass reply :
Usually two hands for the overhand cast. Side arm and underhand pitches tend to be one-handed.
What I notice if I lazily do a one-handed overhand cast, you will feel it more in the wrist and with heavier baits, could lead to fatigue faster.
Goose, I can relate too, but it is more from my hands practically having no grip. I addressed this possibility of accidentally tossing the rod and reel instead of the lure, but moreso for my daughter when she was 6 and started using my 201BSF reel.
The thought of her accidentally throwing her rig in the drink was too tough to bear so I devised a simple leash for her with these things.
Surprisingly, the leash does not get in the way of casting if the leash is placed on the casting hand.
Here it is in action, jigging for salmon in the salt.
figure8racer reply :
split grips i tend to cast one handed, full grips are two handed. Not sure why i guess thats just how i started doing it.
jokerjp reply :
Only time I use two hands is when crankin trying to get the best distance possible. 90% of the time one handed, but that might be because I cast with my dominate hand and reel with my week hand (lefty) like everyone should 
brushhoggin reply :
i cast like i'm swinging a baseball bat. main reason why i prefer split grips
Fat-G reply :
Haha island that is too funny! Very clever!
SoFlaBassAddict reply :
Two hands probably 85% of the time unless I'm pitching.
shootermcbob reply :
2 hands 90% of the time, 1 hand when using roll casts trying to get under docks/brush, etc.
KYntucky Warmouth reply :
I use two hands for most casting gear, one hand for spinning unless I'm really slinging a bait
jokerjp reply :
I'm curious....for all you guys using two hands, do you happen to also "switch" hands? I really rarely see the need to use 2 hands and I'm wondering if it's related to casting with my dominant hand already.
islandbass reply :
On 7/29/2011 at 4:43 AM, Fat-G said:Haha island that is too funny! Very clever!
You don't know that half of it. The three times I neglected to being the leash, my son dropped his rod into the lake to never be seen again.
1) Superman Rod
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3) Batman Rod
new2BC4bass reply :
I started with baitcasting gear last year. I fished from shore. Two hands give more distance. Funny how some of us throw for the middle of the lake when fishing from shore, but in a boat we try to find cover next to shore, and throw for that. :lol:
I'll also use 2 hands on a roll cast. Mostly for distance, but I feel it does help me be a bit smoother with the cast. Still learning so my magnetic brakes are set higher than I'd like. Don't know if one way is more accurate than the other. Something to be determined after I get GOOD with a BC.
jokerjp, I can't switch hands yet, but it is something I would like to start practicing. Can't be much worse than some of my attempts at backhand casts. 
Sam reply :
Underhand.
Side-arm.
Overhead.
Skipping.
Pitching.
Flipping.
Depends on the conditions, cover and structure plus the bait being used. 
Fishingelbow reply :
On 7/29/2011 at 12:17 AM, John G said:I cast with one hand when fishing with my rods that are 6' 6 1/2" and under and two hands with my 7 footer.
Exactly the same thing!
Goose52 reply :
On 7/29/2011 at 1:33 AM, islandbass said:Goose, I can relate too, but it is more from my hands practically having no grip. I addressed this possibility of accidentally tossing the rod and reel instead of the lure, but moreso for my daughter when she was 6 and started using my 201BSF reel.
Good idea indeed. Also available are the kayak rod tethers. I may have to resort to one or the other some day when fishing deep water. For now, you can BET I have a death grip on my two Loomis GLX rods when fishing from the boat!
RoLo reply :
In freshwater, I fish strictly with spinning tackle and for decades I've been casting with one hand.
Then about three years ago I had an elbow injury, and to get me through the day I concocted a two-hand catapult cast.
Strangely, I still use that cast to this day, because it takes so little effort and places no stress at all on the body.
Oddly enough, I now have the same accuracy with my catapult cast that I have with the one-arm cast. 
Roger
bass or bass ? reply :
Wow! I'm really a minority here. I cast with only one hand. Never even tried or thought of casting with two! Huh!
Kyle Brod reply :
one, two just feels weird 
BASSclary reply :
2 hands always unless flipping and pitching.
I'm a heck of a lot more accurate, and dont put extra strain on the wrist than needed.
Preffered method of casting has to be a roll cast though. Its so easy and fluid.
Maxximus Redneckus reply :
1 hand when im freshwater fishing 2 when im saltwater
bassinbrian reply :
1 hand 95% of the time.
flippin and pitchin reply :
Two hands and my wrist and elbow thank me at the end of the day.
The Rooster reply :
One hand always, never 2 hands. I use to use 2 hands but got away from it. Don't remember why, I just know that one hand is all I use for bass fishing with any rods I have now. The one good thing is I can cast with either hand on any rod, but I still just use one hand even when I switch hands for making a cast such as when the left would be better for hitting a target than the right would at that particular time.
Catt reply :
Single handed, double handed, roll cast, over handed, side arm, flip, pitch!
Whatever I feel like at the time
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