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Centerpin reel angling channel on youtube?

Hi Ian. I'm not one that only fishes with a pin but do use them a fair bit and have done for many years. The point is, I think you would be providing an interesting channel. It's a good idea and goes some way to redressing the balance on YouTube tube which is, so far as coarse fishing is concerned, very two rods pointed skywards orientated. Nothing wrong with that. Whatever people enjoy is fine by me but all the same I think you should go ahead and of course I will watch with interest. 👍
 
I have been watching centerpin casting techniques on youtube recently and it's all very American/steelhead based which is fine but it would be good to see some UK centered talks on the subject so have subscribed. Good luck
 
Stuart Linton said:
I have been watching centerpin casting techniques on youtube recently and it's all very American/steelhead based which is fine but it would be good to see some UK centered talks on the subject so have subscribed. Good luck
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Stuart. Until Ian gets going look up 'Amateur Angling' on YouTube. There's a good one on centrepin casting. Sorry don't know how to provide a link! 🙂
 
Thinking about it, I already have a very short clip of the wally cast.
As I say, it is short and sweet, i'll get my mrs to put it up for me and hopefully it will give a little insight into the cast the way I do it.
I will make another one in future and try to show it better.
 
Give it a go Ian.

Always good to have new and fresh content on Youtube. And you clearly know your stuff.

The bottom line is, what have you got to lose? If you do and it doesn't work out, then you can say you've given it a go. If you don't do it, then you might always wonder what if?
 
Andrew Jackson said:
Stuart. Until Ian gets going look up 'Amateur Angling' on YouTube. There's a good one on centrepin casting. Sorry don't know how to provide a link! 🙂
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I don't need any lessons on how to be even more of an amateur angler 😁. I have seen that one but there is still a big gap in the youtube catalogue for UK centerpin fishing I found but thanks for the nod.
 
I use centre pins for trotting floats only. I don’t use them on the extremely rare occasions I fish still waters and I don’t use them for ledgering. It took me longer than most to learn to Wallis cast and being brutally honest there is still lots of room for improvement. I’m not up to Ian’s standard that’s for certain.

I love centrepins for my trotting so i would definitely be keeping an eye out for your videos Ian because I think you have a lot to teach.

When doing your Wallis cast tutorial stand well away from the camera and slow it right down. Show it from a couple of different angles
As you know a lot of that cast is in the body movement as well as the hands and arms and that needs to be seen.

Text me when you get the first one uploaded. 👍🏻
 
Richard Isaacs said:
I use centre pins for trotting floats only. I don’t use them on the extremely rare occasions I fish still waters and I don’t use them for ledgering. It took me longer than most to learn to Wallis cast and being brutally honest there is still lots of room for improvement. I’m not up to Ian’s standard that’s for certain.

I love centrepins for my trotting so i would definitely be keeping an eye out for your videos Ian because I think you have a lot to teach.

When doing your Wallis cast tutorial stand well away from the camera and slow it right down. Show it from a couple of different angles
As you know a lot of that cast is in the body movement as well as the hands and arms and that needs to be seen.

Text me when you get the first one uploaded. 👍🏻
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Thanks for that Richard, you say you don't feel as though your quite up to speck just now with your cast, you will improve with pracitce, and the best practice (imo) is when you are actually out fishing. If I remember rightly you haven't been doi g the cast for long anyhow, so it sounds as if your doing very well !
I never liked to practice the cast on the ground if I can avoid it. If someone does want to practice the cast I would suggest going to a local still water, or even better still the river and practice on water.
I don't think there would be a problem doing that during the closed season so long as you don't attatch a hook 😉😂.
 
Stuart Linton said:
I don't need any lessons on how to be even more of an amateur angler 😁. I have seen that one but there is still a big gap in the youtube catalogue for UK centerpin fishing I found but thanks for the nod.
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Stuart, I just added a little short of the wally cast, its only for now, i'll do another one when I go fishing, thats if there's any water left in the river by then 😉👍.

 
Regarding the cast, there are many ways of doing it, how to hold the line, how to pull it may differ from people to people. But I think Ian’s cast is very classic and complete, great to watch.

BTW, when practice the cast, if you can film how you cast, it will quickly improve your skills, after watching the cast video I made for my friend, I found a few problem I never noticed when I am casting.
 
Huanzhou Zhu said:
Regarding the cast, there are many ways of doing it, how to hold the line, how to pull it may differ from people to people. But I think Ian’s cast is very classic and complete, great to watch.

BTW, when practice the cast, if you can film how you cast, it will quickly improve your skills, after watching the cast video I made for my friend, I found a few problem I never noticed when I am casting.
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Yeah I do it a little differently but the principle is the same.
I hold the Olivette and pull the line off the reel with my thumb. Despite what a lot of videos say I find it better if you don’t preload the rod at all.
I also find (never mentioned) a wet line makes a massive difference when it comes to guiding the line back to the rod. If the line hasn’t been in the water for several minutes and dried off, this creates friction against my hand when guiding the line back and drastically slows down the cast.

IMO truepins cast slightly bettter than bearings, guide size doesn’t seem to impact the cast at all but number of guides or spacing between them I’ve definitely noticed a difference.
I think when you get to Ian’s level then everything casts perfectly but I’m still improving mine every time I go out and i notice certain things like the rods and reels themselves impact it quite a bit
 
Good luck with the channel Ian

If you can help people cast a pin and get enjoyment from using them, it can only be a good thing :)

I can remember being frustrated as hell when I was a young boy not being able to fish certain runs with a pin because of the distance, then one day a kind angler showed me how to wallis cast and never looked back. That was about 40 years ago and that time he spent showing me has brought so much pleasure to my fishing over the years.

Go for it mate 👍
 
Richard Isaacs said:
Yeah I do it a little differently but the principle is the same.
I hold the Olivette and pull the line off the reel with my thumb. Despite what a lot of videos say I find it better if you don’t preload the rod at all.
I also find (never mentioned) a wet line makes a massive difference when it comes to guiding the line back to the rod. If the line hasn’t been in the water for several minutes and dried off, this creates friction against my hand when guiding the line back and drastically slows down the cast.

IMO truepins cast slightly bettter than bearings, guide size doesn’t seem to impact the cast at all but number of guides or spacing between them I’ve definitely noticed a difference.
I think when you get to Ian’s level then everything casts perfectly but I’m still improving mine every time I go out and i notice certain things like the rods and reels themselves impact it quite a bit
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As time goes on and you get used to practicing the cast you'll get to the stage where you can get on with a ballrace reel or a bush and pin equally well, although, you might still have a preference for a particular reel 🙂.
 
Terry Banks said:
Good luck with the channel Ian

If you can help people cast a pin and get enjoyment from using them, it can only be a good thing :)

I can remember being frustrated as hell when I was a young boy not being able to fish certain runs with a pin because of the distance, then one day a kind angler showed me how to wallis cast and never looked back. That was about 40 years ago and that time he spent showing me has brought so much pleasure to my fishing over the years.

Go for it mate 👍
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Thanks Terry 🙂👍.
 
Definitely go for it.

I'm a committed pin user and have been for more than 60 years. I would subscribe to your channel.

Not sure about un-edited though. You can record hours and hours of stuff which may not hold the attention of the viewer, so even basic editing is a must. You may even find yourself upgrading your recording options, focussed mics, integrating multiple views with additional cameras!

Several years ago I thought about doing something similar but never got round to it. Still did the occasional video for a bit of fun, but that's rare for me nowadays.

Here's some ancient history from Youtube!

 
I've been using c'pins for a fair few years, and this is the latest update to my article which may (or may not) be of interest

Centrepins and using them, especially for Barbel fishing

Now I am not a trotter, and because of this I had enlisted the help of a couple of anglers to write "sub-articles" and these are linked to within the article.

I've used 1.75 tc Harrison GTi rods for a lot of years, and casting a 1 or 2 oz lead has never been a problem. But since a change away from barbel fishing about three years ago (for a number or reasons) my barbel rods have been stored away. I now mainly fish for crucians and tench and although I use a c'pin on the float rod I have jumped the gap and am embracing Shimano reels, mainly Stradics, and this is a whole new chapter for me. I do the occasional carp session (not deadly seriously) with a pal but this is mainly social and I bought two carp rods and coupled with two large baitrunners (I'll wash my own mouth out thanks :p)

Now I have digressed a little so this is to get back on track, and I have had two interesting experiences recently. Firstly I got my barbel rods out again and Wallis casting with a 1/2 oz lead on a stillwater posed a few problems I'd never experienced before, likely due to the lack of a pendulum action, and I had to overcome this with a slight shift in technique. The second one was that I hate the carp sized baithrunners, so my last trip saw me using my c'pins on 2.75 tc carp rods, and I didn't know how I would get on with a rod so totally different in action, but I easily Wallis cast 40yds with a 2 oz lead, albeit I actually fished nearer the bank for the session.

As has been said by others, there is no one technique or action that suits all, either the angler or his chosen rod/reel, or his chosen venue.

Oh, and good luck with the channel :)
 
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