distance isn't always important at the ditch, sometimes the fish are in closer
sometimes getting a pencil out there farther means fish but most times a decent cast will reach the fish.
I use a cannon release on my canal rods
you weren't standing near me were you?
thinner braid will surely go thru the guides easier and a longer better casting rod and reel setup will get most guys more distance.
if the finger tip things slip off, try tape that sometimes flys off too, for me anyway, that is why I use the cannon.
Big Dave taught me to use your left arm to pull down as the right casts, hard for me to describe. anyway, he is someone you could learn a thing or 2 from.
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