How to throw a jig, a step by step walkthrough

[CHUBACA6]

I always lift my leg up

[sdangler]

Originally Posted by get some

I think that I take offense to that remark?
I don't fish 7' rods and I've never owned a 6X or 6X Jr for that matter...

More importantly, I've never felt the need to prove my manhood by fishing with a 10' long phallic symbol. I'd rather prove it by putting more fish on the boat...

All in fun...

My point was/is that once one figures out how to throw AND fish a long rod it's not that difficult at all in the proper application. I don't find it any more tiring to throw an 8 footer versus a 10 footer and the same goes for landing fish. That is of course once my homies showed my how to do it properly.

[get some]

I might have ask one of your buddies for some lessons on how to properly swing the long rod.

BTW, when I talk about shorter rods, I'm referring to 9 footers for the most part...

[maxfishon]

nice writeup. What I used to do was watch others and see the after effects. In confined areas it's a little more challenging. Important thing is to not lose your balance and overtwist your body and following through. Amazing how I see some folks don't lose their rigs having both arms fully extended. Anyways it does take a lot of practice and some elbow grease. Once you figure it out you'll love throwing the iron.

[Fisheries Doc]

This discussion is very helpful. I think of casting as the result of sequentially shifting your weight from one foot to the other. The weight shift starts with your back foot to your front foot (the fella in the picture has sacrificed momentum by casting crane style a la karate kid; he's got guns for arms so I'm sure that compensates), and is translated to the rotation of your hips, then the twisting of torso and shoulders and finally to your hands (This is almost identical to Joe Namath's description of throwing a football). Your top hand is pushing and your bottom hand is pulling (accelerating the rod tip). However, I find that there is a difference between surf casting and boat casting. In the surf, I release at about 10 o'clock and end up facing your cast, while on a boat I am releasing near vertical to get as much height under the jig. The boat cast feels more like a hook shot. Instead of facing the cast, my bottom hand side winds up oriented to the cast direction. Of course with any of this, if you forget your thumb all you've done is created the mother of all bird's nests.

[DenisB]

Stacy
You may do it but simply not mentioned it
there is a distinct stop and locking in place of your two arms at the release to get the rod to translate its stored energy in the deflected rod into reflex of the blank and thence lure velocity ...........for maximum distance.
most anglers sort of stop the rod or more actually slow down their rotation at the release.
You need a mental intention to lock your arms in position at the release to get maximum reflex energy from the rod.
You can never actually achieve a dead stop & momentum keeps everything rotating forward, but maximum distance in your cast comes from the deliberate intention to lock your arms in position at the release & allow momentum of your rotation to keep you rotating forward after the release.

[the hook]

Originally Posted by Rudso

I might have missed this in the thread but what exactly do you guys do to prevent the line from over spooling and causing a birds nest as far as the thumb's roll goes?

Leave the clicker on.