Luckydude, I think I see what you're getting at with the longer casts. For casts that are longer than 30 ft or so you need to pull the extra line off the reel and just let it hang at your feet. (This is for practice casting in your pasture.) Work out your 30ft, haul on your backcast and let some more slip out, only a few feet max, then haul on your forward cast and just let go of the line letting it all just "shoot" through the guides. You'll be shocked at how little effort goes into an 80ft cast.
All the long casts involve shooting the line out, you're rod can only handle so much line in the air at one time.
It does take practice, but it will come to you.
Ed
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