NESA – Casting At Kirkleatham

Pendulum, X Cast, Off The Ground,  – Casting Tournaments And Tuition.

North East Surf Casting Association (NESA) -  UKSF Affiliated

The North East Surf Casting Association (NESA) is a newly reformed branch of the United Kingdom Surfcasting Association (UKSF). The casting club hold training sessions on a weekly basis and hope to offer casting tournaments on a monthly basis (dependent on insurance and land rental).

North East Casting Tuition

The members of NESA meet at the Kirkletham showfields on the outskirts of Redcar most Thursday evenings right through the summer months. This is an informal practice and tuition session with the lads usually practicing their casting for up to 3 hours per session. Amongst the group are casting instructors who are willing to advise on a wide range of casting techniques including the off the ground cast, the x cast, and the pendulum cast (amongst others). Non members are welcome at these casting sessions and anyone wanting to learn to cast better should turn up on a Thursday evening between 5pm and 8pm and have a word with the lads.

NESA Member John Ward Says

“I don’t think that there are many that go into tournament casting to be the best in the world, but mainly to learn to cast a bait further when
necessary and more safely. Safety and confidence are essential for being able
to cast a lead a long way, both of which become automatic when you put in a bit of practice on the field. – Anyone wanting to come practice with us is more than welcome and I am sure they will find us to be a great set of lads who are more than willing to help”.

North East Surfcasting Tournaments

Throughout 2008 NESA hope to hold monthly Surfcasting tournaments at the Kirkleatham Showground on the outskirts of Redcar. The proposed dates are as follows :

Apr 27th
May 11th
June 15th
July 13th
Aug 10th
Sep 14th
Oct 12th
Nov 9th
Dec 6th (Saturday)

The events will kick off at roughly 9am.

Prices for entry are :

Membership ?10 until may 08, Includes first event fee

?5 for members for each event thereafter

?8 for daycasters

juniors under 18 free

NESA Casting Rules And Regulations

The North East Surf casting Association are affiliated to UKSF and follow their rules and regulations with regard to line diameter, weights, leader colour and lead links etc. Listed below are the rules of UKSF that NESA follow for their casting tournaments.

Main Running Line Strengths For Surf Casting Tournaments As Direct By UKSF

0.35mm line- 175/200gm

0.31mm line- 150gm

0.28mm line- 125gm

0.25mm line- 100/75/50gm

All lines for tournament casting must be high visibility  eg; red/green/yellow etc

Shock Leaders For UKSF Casting Tournaments

0.75mm-150/175/200gm

0.65mm-125/100/75/50gm

leaders to be high visibility; eg red /yellow etc links;

oval splits ,or similar leads;

3/4,5,6,7 oz leads etc are not mandatory weights and can’t be used 50gm,75gm 100gm,125gm,150gm,175gm,200gm are the correct weights to use

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