PeterHenry Posted Monday at 20:59 Report Share Posted Monday at 20:59 I've just bought myself one or the more recent versions of this reel - 1980s I think - because I enjoy coarse fishing with a centerpin, and as I can cast loops, but not wallis cast, it seems a convenient way to get the bait out a little further. Does anyone have any experience / instructions on the finer points of using one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted Tuesday at 06:37 Report Share Posted Tuesday at 06:37 Hello, That sounds nice Peter, i used a centrepin but many years ago, There are some videos by Martin Porter might help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterHenry Posted Tuesday at 22:39 Author Report Share Posted Tuesday at 22:39 15 hours ago, oldypigeonpopper said: Hello, That sounds nice Peter, i used a centrepin but many years ago, There are some videos by Martin Porter might help Cheers - yes, found a very helpful one on YouTube. His explanation of the Wallis cast is diffrent from the one I was shown - which involved (from memory) batting the drum of the reel after releasing the tension of the line / rod. I manged it successfully once, and then decided to go back to casting loops, or what he more correctly calls the Nottingham cast - after a string of catastrophic failures... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted Wednesday at 05:54 Report Share Posted Wednesday at 05:54 7 hours ago, PeterHenry said: Cheers - yes, found a very helpful one on YouTube. His explanation of the Wallis cast is diffrent from the one I was shown - which involved (from memory) batting the drum of the reel after releasing the tension of the line / rod. I manged it successfully once, and then decided to go back to casting loops, or what he more correctly calls the Nottingham cast - after a string of catastrophic failures... Hello, They are realy made for Trotting a bait down stream , that is how i used mine but it was many years ago, I still have the reel, Avon Royal Supreme, not as fine as the Silex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin55 Posted Wednesday at 06:51 Report Share Posted Wednesday at 06:51 53 minutes ago, oldypigeonpopper said: Hello, They are realy made for Trotting a bait down stream , that is how i used mine but it was many years ago, I still have the reel, Avon Royal Supreme, not as fine as the Silex I've still got a Match Aerial my dad bought me aged 11 second-hand from a retiring miner over 50 years ago, 1 drop of gun oil on the spindle keeps it spinning I tried the Wallis cast a couple of times and got into a birds nest. Alan Roe a fellow member of a fishing club teaches it so I'm hoping to learn from him - he has a YouTube video Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted Wednesday at 07:11 Report Share Posted Wednesday at 07:11 16 minutes ago, kevin55 said: I've still got a Match Aerial my dad bought me aged 11 second-hand from a retiring miner over 50 years ago, 1 drop of gun oil on the spindle keeps it spinning I tried the Wallis cast a couple of times and got into a birds nest. Alan Roe a fellow member of a fishing club teaches it so I'm hoping to learn from him - he has a YouTube video Hello, That is another fine reel, i had the Idea to refurb an old Cane Avon rod and use my reel but never did, such is life🙄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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