soft rods - casting techniques?

I've been enjoying the Daiwa Iprimi 56XXUL bank-fishing lately. It's the first soft rod I've used, however, so casting has taken some time to figure out.

My question to the experienced users on this fine forum is, what kind of casting technique do you use for soft rods like the Iprimi? My best results have been with a kind of modified underhand roll cast, but I'm open to other options.

Note I'm primarily fishing micro-spoons and spinners with this rod. Currently attached is a Tsurinoya Ranger 800 spooled with Varivas Twitch Master 3lb line. Yellow bass are my favorites to hook so far in my limited experience because they dig in so hard and really flex the rod, despite their small size.

Can’t help you with your casting technique except to maybe slow your cast and let the rod do the work .
I need to get my Iprimi out and take it fishing. I don’t use it enough.

Yeah, I found out pretty quickly a fast/forceful cast didn't work. A standard sidearm cast tends to yield wildly unpredictable results, as well.

Roll cast with a moderate-speed forward pitch seems to get it out there and somewhat on target, but I wondered if there's another way.

I second on reducing the force in the cast and letting the rod do its job. Within a few outings you will dial it in.


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Some of my early Ul rods , looking back, were pretty soft. Anything over 1/16 took some time to learn how to cast, if you ever got it figured out. 1/32 was most of my jigs and of course, rooster tails and the Evans Shyster which I miss. As I remember I had to stall on the back cast and wait for the rod to load and gently push forward. I’m talking 40+ years back so you know how far technology hadn’t gotten back then.

I have an Iprimi as well. Action is very similar to a fly rod.