First casts with a conventional.

[Patrick]

Eek! Spooled up my Penn Long Beach 60 with 20lb test, strapped it on a rod. It wasn't a surf rod and it wasn't a conventional. Anyways, just wanted to make some casts.
Famous last words: "Hey Dad, I think I'm going to cast this weight a mile!" Man, I was lucky I could make it 20 yards! What a mess. I finally got it to stop backlashing on me.
I couldn't cast too far, but hey, it was fun.

But the day wasn't a total waste. I found out that I CAN use a right handed conventional. That is a big sigh of relief since it opens up a lot more reels to my usage. It's a little uncomfortable but not too bad and I'm sure it will get better as time goes on.

I also walked by the tennis courts and I saw a few tubes that didn't belong to anyone so I took them. Put them in a crate like I saw on another website.