Originally Posted by
SeekingBarradise
Hi Chris it sounds like you have a big training base with Bait Casters which would have you feeling comfy with a BC in your hands as muscle memory is familiar with this over thousands of hours etc.
This doesnt make what we are all currently doing as being the bee all and end all of technique, positions, setups and so on as fishing is one of the only sports where we pretty much totally self judge instead of having others judge us like all other organised sports. Self judgement for many of us is like a doc prescribing their own meds at times. Another chapter there.
A different angle (body/arm/hands) may feel awkward if less than 1% of your time is spent with a spin setup. In some sports tallies of over half a million reps have been recorded with people still improving. Some have been well in to the millions.
But if they are in the wrong positions or training less than perfect a hundred million reps won't see them improve so the adage of time on the water doesn't ring true for many. It would be like training for a footy game after drinking a carton of beer etc, where would this get you in 20 years?
Try changing a goal kickers runup or kicking position and watch their successful percentages fall at the start but after they have enough time to adapt they can make improvements and be better than they were in the beginning. I remember you telling me you didnt' feel comfy casting your spin setup.
It might just be that you have many setups to get your ideal BC setup, so you might need to go out and buy more spin gear, now there is a good excuse to get to the tackle shop. If time was divided 50/50 between spin and BC i bet you will be a spinning machine, so you will need to plan more barra trips to do this.
Happy days i reckon. Have fun experimenting because at the end of the day it's tinkering then fishing which is a fun sport/hobby to be a part of.
Cheers Lyndon.