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Anthony,
I remember as a kid, (9-14), fishing with my dad he would stick me with a 10 foot, super stiff fibergalss boat rod. I had the same problems...20, 30 yards were a stellar cats for me at the time. I looked at what my dad was doing...he had a 12' Fenglass custom rod and weighed 250#.
Most noteably, I watched the way that he would load the rod during a cast. The other guys are right...I started doubling and tripling my casts once I really started to practice my swing.
The weight in the field thing worked wonders for my form. In fact, every time I buy a new rod I practice with it at least once in a field; just to get the hand-eye thing down.
If you really want to have fun, bring some of you're friends out with you one day (preferrably ones that aren't champion surfcasters), and watch how they cast your rod. I guarantee you won't feel so bad after that.
PRACTICE.
Rick
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