For those of you who don't get it - Spinning reels have no friction, you open the bail which allows the line to come off freely. A bait caster has a line guide which slows down the cast creating friction on the line. This is one of the reasons why some conventional reels do not come with a top bar or line guide; For example surf reels. In fact you will see most surf reels are spinning reels and their primary objective is distance.
1. How the fuck do you cast further with a spinning reel? are casting 1/8 oz weights or something? that's gotta be the only way you can cast further with a spinning reel.
Gee, I just went fishing with the top guide in Hilton Head and he said 90% braid on his reels -- w/ 10% configurations of mono -- in all his fishing situations (beginners and expert) We were fishing spinrods. Look, my segments are less than 30 seconds and yet the majority can't follow even that; I am advising BEGINNERS. One can cast further w/ a baitcaster if one is immune to backlash. My demographic is NOT Horton, Fritts etc!
1) what the hell are you doing with braid on your spinning reel? the only time you should ever think about that is if you're skipping docks and aren't good enough to do it with your baitcaster
2) if you can cast further with your spinning reel than a baitcaster, maybe you should keep practicing. Baitcasters cast farther - hands down. If spinning reels did, don't you think Tim Hornton, David Fritts, etc would be throwing crankbaits with them? After all, distance = depth with a crankbait...
Have owned and fished with a lot of spinning gear and never came across the reel foot /reel seat problem.
But I have come across incidents of some people inventing problems to make it look like they know a lot more about things then they actually do, and I think this is one of those times.
Ok, in 30 seconds: I buy combos, so I do not have this problem; Shimano combos [rod + reel + line -- toss the line & respool with Spiderwire braid], Bass Pro Shops Shimano baitcast with "free" rod, Shimano
spinning rod replacement with Shimono reel, LL Bean fly rod & reel packaged together, a Shakespeare spincast combo ... the last spin rod I bought was a Berkeley Lightening for a Shimano FX2000 -- not a Loomis or St Croix.
Wondering about mismatched rod and reel combos. I recently noticed that some (cheap) rods have flat reel seats and that this makes securing the reel to rod somewhat of a challenge. Messing around, I sanded down the feet on my Shakespeare microspinner and it fits the flat reel seat on my UL ugly stick a lot better. However, I just got a nice Daiwa and don't want to breakout the grinder to get it to fit. I'm thinking I'll need to get a better rod if I want to use this reel ;-}
I've always assumed that you just need to match up the weight and action, and have never really thought about the reel seat. I haven't been able to find much info on matching reel feet and rod seat. Are there many different types? Any tips?
Wow, it never occurred to me this could happen. In this modular age, that would be like not being able to recharge your Rayovac batteries in an Energizer charger (though I bring that up because of recent problems!)
For those of you who don't get it - Spinning reels have no friction, you open the bail which allows the line to come off freely. A bait caster has a line guide which slows down the cast creating friction on the line. This is one of the reasons why some conventional reels do not come with a top bar or line guide; For example surf reels. In fact you will see most surf reels are spinning reels and their primary objective is distance.
13098519 3 months ago
1. How the fuck do you cast further with a spinning reel? are casting 1/8 oz weights or something? that's gotta be the only way you can cast further with a spinning reel.
Ryan0Ebbers 7 months ago
Gee, I just went fishing with the top guide in Hilton Head and he said 90% braid on his reels -- w/ 10% configurations of mono -- in all his fishing situations (beginners and expert) We were fishing spinrods. Look, my segments are less than 30 seconds and yet the majority can't follow even that; I am advising BEGINNERS. One can cast further w/ a baitcaster if one is immune to backlash. My demographic is NOT Horton, Fritts etc!
30secfisherman 1 year ago
1) what the hell are you doing with braid on your spinning reel? the only time you should ever think about that is if you're skipping docks and aren't good enough to do it with your baitcaster
2) if you can cast further with your spinning reel than a baitcaster, maybe you should keep practicing. Baitcasters cast farther - hands down. If spinning reels did, don't you think Tim Hornton, David Fritts, etc would be throwing crankbaits with them? After all, distance = depth with a crankbait...
swburton316 1 year ago
i love my daiwa reels ! :)
Xiaodhanan 1 year ago
i love my shimano reels i wouldnt fish without em
suicide5389 1 year ago
oh so thats what the thing on my bail is i always wondered
darknessfalls714 2 years ago
??? you mean the trigger (only on 1-3 mfrs' reels)?
30secfisherman 2 years ago
what do u mean only on 1-3 mfrs reels
darknessfalls714 2 years ago
Who made your reel? Shimano? They have a Quick Fire II trigger. I forget the names of the other companies. Cabelas had one in their catalog.
30secfisherman 2 years ago
it was shimano
darknessfalls714 2 years ago
Thank you !!
tonydelaschivas 2 years ago
That's what we're here for ...
30secfisherman 2 years ago
can i use a spinning reel on a baitcaster rod ? help please...
tonydelaschivas 2 years ago
Uh, not recommended. Baitcast reel is on TOP, spinning reel is on BOTTOM. Baitcast come with a "trigger" for a reason; useless on spinning.
30secfisherman 2 years ago
Have owned and fished with a lot of spinning gear and never came across the reel foot /reel seat problem.
But I have come across incidents of some people inventing problems to make it look like they know a lot more about things then they actually do, and I think this is one of those times.
cupiddstunt 2 years ago
Ok, in 30 seconds: I buy combos, so I do not have this problem; Shimano combos [rod + reel + line -- toss the line & respool with Spiderwire braid], Bass Pro Shops Shimano baitcast with "free" rod, Shimano
spinning rod replacement with Shimono reel, LL Bean fly rod & reel packaged together, a Shakespeare spincast combo ... the last spin rod I bought was a Berkeley Lightening for a Shimano FX2000 -- not a Loomis or St Croix.
30secfisherman 4 years ago
Thanx,
ya hopefully i can trade some stuff around with my fishing buddies and come up with something that works.
24rozy69 4 years ago
Wondering about mismatched rod and reel combos. I recently noticed that some (cheap) rods have flat reel seats and that this makes securing the reel to rod somewhat of a challenge. Messing around, I sanded down the feet on my Shakespeare microspinner and it fits the flat reel seat on my UL ugly stick a lot better. However, I just got a nice Daiwa and don't want to breakout the grinder to get it to fit. I'm thinking I'll need to get a better rod if I want to use this reel ;-}
24rozy69 4 years ago
I've always assumed that you just need to match up the weight and action, and have never really thought about the reel seat. I haven't been able to find much info on matching reel feet and rod seat. Are there many different types? Any tips?
P.S. I mainly use spinning rods.
24rozy69 4 years ago
Wow, it never occurred to me this could happen. In this modular age, that would be like not being able to recharge your Rayovac batteries in an Energizer charger (though I bring that up because of recent problems!)
30secfisherman 4 years ago