How do you use a spinning reel fishing rod properly?
Jimbo asked:
I recently started using a spinning reel fishing rod. How do I use it? The guy at the store explained it kinda vaguely since he didn’t know exactly how to. I flip over the spinning part and grab hold of the line with my finger. When I cast I let go of the line. But when I cast it, it goes forward, and then comes back or stops letting out line. I haven’t been able to cast it more than 15 feet.
Another thing is I repeatedly get bird nests the line on the reel always gets tangled. What am I doing wrong?
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I recently started using a spinning reel fishing rod. How do I use it? The guy at the store explained it kinda vaguely since he didn’t know exactly how to. I flip over the spinning part and grab hold of the line with my finger. When I cast I let go of the line. But when I cast it, it goes forward, and then comes back or stops letting out line. I haven’t been able to cast it more than 15 feet.
Another thing is I repeatedly get bird nests the line on the reel always gets tangled. What am I doing wrong?
September 1st, 2009 at 8:53 pm
Don’t have enough wait on that’s way you can’t get it out that fair. get a waited bober. That way it keeps you’re bait of the bottom and you don’t get snagged. birds nest will go away when you get better because you are doing every thing right. ( one i started it happened every other cast it happens to every one when they first start don’t bet you’re self up about it.)
September 5th, 2009 at 6:16 am
Jumbo, you problem sounds like you do not have enough line on the reel. The line needs to come all the way to the top of the reel, if it does not, it hangs up on the reel edge. You can cast very light weights when it is working properly. It sounds also that you were informed correctly about casting. There is another thing, when installing line on a spinning reel ,this is IMPORTANT follow the instructions on the fishing line instructions, on a spinning reel one can actually install the line backwards,, If that does not help, e-mail me ,,,I can help you !!!!