I have a question about these. I was wondering the basics on both. This is something I want to practice while the lakes are ice covered and I am waiting. Thanks all

Skipping Docks with a spinning reel or a bait caster. Bait casters are 3 times harder to use.

Roll casts are pretty simple. First get you your favorite fishing rods or rods (good to learn with different rods) and a news paper.

Now put the news paper under your elbow and hold it to your side. If you drop the paper your doing it wrong.

leave 12 to 18 inches of line outthen with your wrist roll the rod around and let the bait go. This should keep the bait lower to the water and more accurate with less splash.

Im sure there is some one that can explain it better then  I

I also just noticed on the roll cast i do it wrong i pull my Elbow out.

Skipping baits with a baitcaster is something I won't even attempt to explain. If I did you would just be cussing me for the next 2 months while you are learning to do it. I will just say that it's pretty tough to learn and it takes a lot of practice.

Skipping with a Spinning rig is a lot easier. You basically use a hard low angle cast. Almost like a side arm pitcher throws. It again is something that just takes a lot of practice. Overall its not to bad to learn. You don't have to worry about backlashes.

With roll casts, what I do is leave about 18"-24" of line hanging at the tip of my rod. With the rod almost out to my side, I swing the bait rather quickly in a Counter Clockwise direction. Once the bait has made almost a full revolution and is back at the 5 O'clock position, I release the pressure on my reel and allow the line out. This gives you a very low trajectory cast. Just as your bait is about to hit the water at the end of the cast, apply some pressure to the spool and drop your rod tip. This will result in a quiet entry into the water.

Good luck

JT Bagwell

Wouldn't counter-clock-wise be for lefties JT?  ???

lol Oops,  I am a lefty.

JT Bagwell

I always thought you was backwards.

Would you think I was more screwed up if I told you that all of my reels are Right Handed?

JT Bagwell

Now here all of us right handers are told to use left handed reels so we dont have to switch hands Proabally easier to learn to cast left handed.

I am glad that I am left handed because like D. Taylor said I don't have to switch hands when I cast and reel.  I know that right handed people can buy left handed reels but right handed reels are much easier to come by.