Question of Distance

With no real prospect of fishing this week I took my beach rod down onto the beach (well where else would you take it) for a spot of casting practice. I only expected to be out for an hour but it turned into to 3 hours. I set up my Vercelli Besta with a Vega Squadra 75, 60lb braid attached directly to a 6oz plain lead.
After a few practice casts I was hitting 110 to 120yds on every cast using a simple off the ground cast. It would be interesting to see how much this would be reduced when a rig was attached.
I switched styles to an Easy Cast (starting on the ground), it takes some time to get used to the style but I was soon easily hitting 100yds. I think its worthy of extra practice but I'd need to be regularly reaching 150yds to make it a worthwhile proposition due to not being able to wade out those extra few yards and the the trickyness of keeping the bait in the clip.
Before I lost  the light I switched to my second option which is a shallower spool of 30lb braid with a 70lb shock leader. Straight away the casting felt smoother and longer although the the distances didn't improve dramatically. I was reaching 120 to 125yds on most casts and felt there was more to be gained.