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The regulars among our group had mastered the elegant underhand toss of a heavy lure with a bait casting reel, but I ham-handedly backlashed a bit until muscle memory from long ago kicked in.

State fisheries staff will host a bait casting session at 2 p.m. at Reflection Pond, and a fly-fishing session a Blue Lake.

Ted used the crudest kind of hook and line for bait casting.

In live bait casting, start with the line reeled to within fifteen inches of the end of the rod, holding the thumb on the reel spool.

Fishing is generally divided into four classes: fly casting, bait casting, trolling, and still fishing.