Things You'll Need:
- Open-faced feel
- Lake or pond
- Rod
- Line
- Hook
- Bait
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Step 1
Hold the rod in your casting hand with your forefinger in front of the reel and your other fingers behind it. This gives you a better casting grip and leaves your forefinger free for the line as you cast so you can "trap" the line, by not letting it move easily, as you are casting to keep it from reeling out too far.
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Step 2
Trap the line so no more of the line can be released after your cast by hanging about 15 to 45 cm of line from the tip of the rod. Your forefinger is set down toward the line and used to pull and hold the line back against the rod grip.
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Step 3
Open the bail arm with your other hand and now the reel is set to cast. The bail arm is where the line sits when not in use.
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Step 4
Swing the rod back behind the shoulder of your casting arm. Then swing it forward in a swift motion.
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Step 5
Release the line your reel finger, or forefinger, is holding at just the right moment. It takes practice to know exactly when that right moment is so don't expect to get it on the first try. To try and judge the right time, as you straighten your arm forward, point your forefinger that was holding the line to where you want to cast. This should place your line where you want it to go.
