Casting angle Because you want to maximize your lure's time in the water without much effort casting, you want to maximize your casting distance while also minimizing your reeling speed.  Without taking into account variables like wind or sea level, the best angle to cast at is a 45* angle upwards. This is because you want to maximize the time the lure has to move in the air, while also maintaining as much lateral velocity as possible. However, If the wind is coming directly into your casting, you will want to cast more horizontally so that the power that you would normally put into the vertical direction is redistributed to the horizontal direction, allowing you minimize the impact of the wind on your lure. The same idea can also apply to winds which work in your favor (also known as unicorn winds), but in reverse. Here, you would want to throw your lure higher than usually to take advantage of the positive drag your lure would receive from the wind.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Graph