I'm a South African, watching an Irishman teach me the South African cast. Imagine that. In all seriousness though, Thanks a stack for such a cool vid, hands down the best video online teaching these techniques and bringing them together. Billy you're a legend brother :)

Being from Texas and fishing the gulf,I use this method. I have tought some who were able to do this but you show it in a way I could not. Thank you for this vidio ....I will pass it on to others so they may enjoy as much as you an I do...

These video have been brilliant. I've stuffed up more attempts at pendulum casting than I care to mention, but your absolutely on the money with the advice on the South African cast. Two hours of playing with that cast and I went straight into the pendulum no drama (well not much) and no blowups. Thanks a lot Billy.

After watching dozens of pendulum cast videos, most leaving me scratching my head, I think this one has given me the courage/motivation to try it again. Thank you..

Great video! I appreciate it. I’m new to surf casting, started in January of this year. I’m from the mountains of Colorado, so KZfaq is where I look for advice. There aren’t any people doing this where I live, so thanks again.

Love the method and the way you built up the cast. I’m still learning and that tutorial has helped. 🎣👍🏻

At last a Casting video that is clear and easy to follow, great

Best tutorial I've seen about the Pendulum cast. Cheers man!

Had a few casts on the beach at low tide today after a short fishing session. First time trying the pendulum cast and I was shocked at how easy it was. I was using a 16ft rod with fixed spool and braid which I normally overhead thump. I paced out my casts on the sand to get an idea of the difference between casts and I added approx 28 meters extra distance compared to my overhead thump casts! Chuffed!

Thank you Billy, very informative and i like how you have broken this down. The beginning when you keep your right arm high and still ( John Holden calls this his fulcrum) to allow the left to push the lead out is certainly something that can be practiced before traveling to the beach. I agree with the others. I've watched many videos and yet yours makes more sense. Have a great new year.

Thank you for uploading Billy, best explanation I’ve found for the Pendulum cast and casting in general on here to date…👍🏻👍🏻 Thank you.

Hi Billy, your video is the first one I've watched on how to Pendulum Cast. I just ordered a 3 piece Heavy 13ft Demo Rod, cost me nothing but my time. When It gets here I plan on using it to learn how to Pendulum Cast, if I BREAK IT by accident it won't hurt as much. ROFL 😇😁 I was an Independent Professional Golfer for over 4 decades. I use to teach from time to time and I found that Baseball Players and Hockey Players were the easiest to teach how to SWING since they already had muscle memory for the main movements. The Baseball Player just had to transition to a more Vertical Plane from the Horizontal Swing plane. Feet, Knees, Hips, Shoulders, Arms and Hand/Wrist movement/release all remained very much the same. Watching you cast reminds me of the "Pause At Top" Backswing Method I've used with players. It looks like the Spread Hands on the Rod will be very familiar to a Hockey Player watching your video to learn this. For myself, it looks like just using a more Horizontal Swing Plane with the "Pause At The Top" (To FEEL The LOAD before beginning the Down/Forward Swing) once I've gotten the "Pendulum Rock" mastered for the "Pre-Swing" (Almost like the "One Piece" Takeaway in Golf where a FIRST move of a Forward Press of the hands is what initiates the takeaway/backswing.) will be a good starting point. Even now as an Old Codger I can get on my Knees with a Driver and bang a ball out to almost 250 yards letting the SHAFT load properly at the Transition and do most of the work, which of course being on your knees makes the swing plane much more horizontal. All of that BLATHERING text above is in case Viewers who've played Baseball and Hockey watch your video and then read these comments. Maybe they also can use some of their already practiced/ingrained movements to help them use this Style of Casting. Thanks again Billy, I'm from Florida in the U.S.A. and I Hit the Like, Subbed, and RANG THE BELL!! 🤠😎

the grace and poise of a master caster, beach ballet at its finest , I'd love a day beach fishing with you, stinking of bait and soaked in knowledge...luv the vids Billy.

Kia Ora from Weymouth ,New Zealand ,that is the best Demo to me,I'm going t give it a go,Ta fr that🤙😁👍🥁Kia Kaha...

Good presentation as always billy .never done or tried this type of casting before. Enjoyed watching it thou top marks to you .👍👍👍🐟

Thanks Billy I really enjoy your videos and your open and honest approach it's hard to find

Very nice casting ! .. I have just started sea fishing after a 10+ year lay off ! and am as rusty as an old hook ! but i can see a master ! //

Great video. Excellent instructions!

Awesome video very good tuition, thanks

Much appreciated for the uploads.Always a pleasure for me to watch your vids.Thank you for all your time and effort.

Late to this video but AAAAAYYYY from Dublin Billy , Been fishing a long long long time in fact i started when Finn McCool was walking this Island of Ireland now coming to present day this video has been a great insight and a learning lesson on the DREADED Penulum cast that you buddy have made it look and explained it much easier for me at least to learn but thats what its all about right so the next time your home let me know and there will be a Guinness on tap for you or whatever it is you prefer , Great upload from a HUGE fan here back home , Kind Regards Steve

Thanks Billy i,ve finally nailed the PEN cast best video on casting took a while but i think i,am there now. Cheers PAL

so crazy to see the difference in casting techniques. The left hand handling the spool is nutty. I'd knot my way through the entire reel before being good with my left hand on the spool

Thanks for an informative video. Had a little trouble understanding what you were saying. Wasn't sure what language you were speaking at first!

Nice casting demo, thanks 👍

Great swing Billy I can see the smoothness.

Nicely explained Billy. 👍👍

When I first learnt the pendulum cast (reel up) I used to practise with just the rod butt to get the movement from right to left. Hardest part was bending the knees for the final push up!

Game changer brother 🙌. Tight lines dude 😎

great casting I'm learning alot

Hi Billy love the videos really entertaining and a good way to fish better. Have loved using the dongle rigs for flatties, bloody brilliant. Trying now for smooth hound on the South Wales, Gower marks. Hoping I can learn enough to chuck a bait where the fish are😂😂😂. Looking forward to more videos up North as well looks fantastic. Tight lines.

Very well explained

hi Billy, thanks for all your videos they have really improved my fishing. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Excellent presentation as usual. Next time out will give it a go . Ps I am getting better at pumping lug. Had some nice lug at the weekend thanks Billy.

I thought fly fishing was the hardest cast to learn🤔 Now I’m not so sure watching pendulum casting. You have mastered beach fishing Billy👍 If you fall out of love with sea fishing or just feel stale , try fly fishing. I coursed fished from the age of 7 into my 30s. Then I was introduced 😊to fly fishing and it was like I had never fished in my life. Totally different discipline. On natural waters fly fishing you really have to be in tune with the environment, the weather, time of year, and what fly life is hatching off , and learning to cast is something else. I’m learning to beach fish now as a change is as good as a rest👍

Just great tuition much appreciated 👌

Great video thanks Billy🦈🦈

I see I'm not the only one who uses a butt pad, I recently started fishing low reel after an operation made high reel difficult . I think the butt pad will help when reeling in large fish like Big Rays and Congers.

Great vid Billy BTW has anyone ever said you look like a ballerena on the beach ", rock on Billy...

Brillant vidio again Billy .deffo picked up a few tips there .thanx for uploading. Heard u mention bout spinning for Bass .i can remember a few articles in B A S S.magazine lotta years back bout some great Bass in norway .Norwegian guy wrote a few articles bout it .Very intresting

I'll be giving this technique a solid crack this weekend 😁 awesome video bro

Very good. Clear examples and well communicated. Nice work. Cheers

Helps a lot thanks

Now this is what i needed to watch 👍👍

Great video billy

Awesome video. Could you do another using multiple camera angles?

My Mrs wasn’t impressed when I said you’d instructed me to practice my swinging.

Great edit 👌

300plus yards with a zipplex zf 250 and regular 7ht fleetwood beach circa 1996

Very nice video. I think I'll actually give this a go

This is saved. I am just getting back into surf casting after many years . Multiplying reels are not normally used for surf casting here in NZ . I know they have far more ability to both cast and fight fish. You tech an uncommon amount of sense. The economy of your action from 8:00 is a scene to motivate even the most inexperienced caster to give it a go.

we had a chap on our local pier pendulum casting he was getting it out there all right but on a crowded pier a simpler casting method is required. I think he was just showing off.

Thanks for your tip. It is really helpful for me.. :) From Korea

Thankyou , I appreciate the advice.

Well done butty learned a good bit ther

Simple as, good rod good reel good technique and practice.

Hi Billy, I love your video on how to pendulum cast. I have just one question, I think that when I try to do it, I release the spool too early, could you explain to me exactly when you release your thumb from the spool please.

I am a South African and I cast like that... without knowing it's called that. Maybe like accents, to us it is just a cast... or in my accent, a caust. I am going to try your pendulum method next time I'm at the water's edge though.

Can you do a pendulum cast with spinning reel? How would your hand position be? I see that with the setup you have.. you got your right hand up the rod and left thumb on the spool.

Hello Great Video well explained. Has the south african cast evolved over the years as i remember john holden doing a South African cast but with the lead on the ground like an OTG cast but the lead further round behind him

Billy, great video, cheers. Never used a multiplier, slightly nervous to start, what being a novice angler. That in mind, does this casting method work the same for a fixed spool?

Great tutorial 👌 thank you Sir

Enjoying videos thanks , for clarity ... why is it more important to get the lead higher when using a soft/match type rod when doing a pendulum swing ? Thanks

Awesome vid mate cheers

I love to practice this man,.! it,s awsome,.!!

Hi there. I often fail to see where did the lead go, so it's difficult to know if I did better or worse when casting. I see you used some kind of lead decoration that makes the lead quite visible. Did you make it yourself or is it some standar stuff you can buy? I never saw something like that... Do you normally use it when fishing or you used it just for making the video? Thanks!

Good video

Отличный урок по забросам . Купил удилище Penn Affinity surf trq и катушку Penn 525mag 2 , буду учиться делать заброс .👍👍👍

Thanks for a good explanation to a fng.

great video, thanks pal

SOUTH AFRICAN rod set-up

Thank you Billy

Hello. How long should the pendulum be compared to the fishing rod? Is it suitable for half the average Fishing Rod size?

Thanks, Billy!

Do y'all think I can manage to do this with a 7ft rod? Im going for sturgeon and in trying to maximize casting distance with my current setup. I understand that a longer rod would get me more distance but at this time alls I got is a 7ft surf rod with a baitcaster. Gonna attempt this style of cast with 4 oz and see if I can break 100yards. My real goal is 150 yards but I used to play disc golf and that's a long poke for a fishing rod in my opinion

Very interested...

It's the one cast I've always struggled with. I use a century Kompressor SS and can really I can feel the power it generates, I tend to rush the twist and cast. Because of that it feels unsafe and I tend to avoid the method. More practice required. Would you recommend starting with a smaller weight to perfect the technique?

Thank you dude

Hello good info what distances you think you were casting out to

Read, Study, Visualise, Perform.

Nice casting Billy.

onluy once it happened. bearing in mind i trained during winter

Wow, please tell us what kind of rod you're using. Can a spinning reel be used? Thank you for assisting us beginners.

Hi thank you for the instructional video. What did the rod and reel you are using?

Any tips for throwing big baits/weights? Im a mulloway hunter in Australia and throw 6-8 ounce grapplers with big slab baits/whole squid...... distance has been an issue. i know its a different style of fishing but any tips appreciated.

Deadly ViD Yung Fella 👍. What's De Chances of Showing Sorta 12.oclock 1/2/3oclock. Where Ur Leads Landing. Also Distance Ov Where De Different Casts Gets Ya Wit 4/6oz Ov Lead👍🎣Masso🏁

Easy enough with a baitcaster...how do you do it with a spinning rod?

Love ya Billy

What good reel for pendulum cast bro?

Does using a mag reel help with birdsnests?

I'm trying to eye what reel your using.

I tried to do this today with many failures, I understand some parts of the concept, except the casting part. Saw another vid where when the guy casts, he tries to have his handle pointed up like he's going to throw a javelin then does the punch push motion with the right hand and left hand respectively. Problem is, I don't know if there's enough time to set up that position before casting. several of my throws have been hitting right in front of me, which is really bad for the line as it creates unnecessary stress and thus increases the likely hood of snapping (which happened twice or three times in a single day). So i'm wondering how do you follow up the cast after the pendulum has swung back enough? Is it more sideway of a cast or an overhead where you try to let go of the line at the 12 o clock or at the latest the 11:30 position?

Billy, silly question but, can you pendulum cast with a fixed spool reel?

i just use my drone to drop my weight/hook where i want.

Thanks 👍😊

Fair play billy,but you haven't mastered the pendulum if your still thumbing the multiplier during the cast

Please the name of this kind of rod

What rod are you using

Could I do this with a surf rod or would I break it? This would help me cast bait further than ever.

Whats the hand grips your using on your rods?