| When you were much younger, life probably seemed, | | | | reel much farther. Once your timing becomes perfect, |
| well, sort of limited. Your parents probably told you to | | | | you won't have to worry about the familiar "bird's nest" |
| eat this, do that or clean those "because I (they) said | | | | that occur when these reels are used improperly. |
| to." On the same note, when Dad took you out fishing, | | | | Because the string is housed on the spool, you can |
| you got the Mickey Mouse rod and reel or the Barbie | | | | cast quite a ways father than the closed-face variety. |
| two-foot-6-inch with soft grip combo set. Either way, | | | | If you use a 10 to 15 lbs test line, you can play and land |
| you were doubtless happy but still stuck with no | | | | some big bass with these. If you like lures rather than |
| choice. Now that you got your own money, you'll have | | | | live bait, these reels will keep the fun spinning. |
| more to choose from than the Nickel & Dime | | | | A baitcasting reel, on the other hand, provides the |
| Shop variety of fishing reels. Finding the right fishing reel | | | | most control, allows for the most distance and can |
| today means knowing about the four basic fishing reel | | | | give anglers near perfect accuracy. The reason is |
| types. | | | | quite simple: You can use your thumb to release and |
| You'll find the right fishing reel after you know and | | | | stop the fishing line before the weeds or logs, for |
| understand the four basic models. These are the spin | | | | instance, and predict quickly where the bait will land. |
| casting reel, the spinning real, the bait-casting reel and | | | | However, the baitcaster reel is trickier to use and |
| the fly-fishing reel. Though your motivation, passion or | | | | takes a lot of practice to learn. |
| appetite may bring you to the fishing hole, all | | | | If the reel is set to your specifications with the right line |
| fishermen's reasoning is the same-to catch fish! And | | | | weight, then using the baitcaster reel becomes |
| though this underlying truth is told, the way and style | | | | astoundingly easier. Like some spinning reels, you'll have |
| (the way you play) is quite different. | | | | to use your thumb to start and stop the reel. |
| Your Mickey and Barbie fishing reels was the spin | | | | Additionally, like the spinning reel, the reel will hang down |
| casting sort. This, however, doesn't mean that such a | | | | and not up when casting. By applying pressure from |
| reel should be obsolete for you now. This sort of reel | | | | your thumb through the cast, you can slow down the |
| is less prone to tangles and snares and casts with the | | | | fishing line spool and accurately cast in open waters. |
| push of a button. By pressing and holding the thumb | | | | The final type of fishing reel is the fly fishing reel. |
| button on the back of the spin casting reel (opposite | | | | These, in particular, have so many variations that to |
| the string hole), you essentially push and hold a spindle | | | | talk about them all would take way too long. |
| and peg which locks down the fishing line. By letting go | | | | Essentially, a fly-fishing reel is used for fishing in |
| of the button when you cast, the bait or lure lobs out | | | | streams and in moving water with an artificial, heavy |
| to the water. Though quick and painless, the drag and | | | | fly. Aim is critical. Fly fishers routinely fish for trout, |
| design of the spin cast reel doesn't allow for casting | | | | salmon, pike, bass, carp and some other marine |
| very far. If you're new to fishing, and don't want to use | | | | species. |
| a lot of effort (cast and let the bait sit on the bottom, | | | | When casting a fly fishing reel, the reel actually has |
| for example) or catch too big of fish, then this style is | | | | nothing to do with the cast. This is to say that the reel |
| for you. | | | | holds the line while you pull out the line from the reel, |
| The spinning reel is the next most common type of | | | | keeping it loose and close to your feet. You'll have to |
| fishing reel. You'll notice this style by its "open face." | | | | free the line that you want to cast. By pulling up on the |
| This means the reel is open and not closed like the | | | | lever, the spring-loaded coil (reel) pulls the line back in |
| spin caster. You can literally see a spool of string with | | | | while your hand, again, controls the drag. With practice, |
| a wire bail (loop) over the top. By holding back a trigger | | | | fly-fishing gives the most play for the sport of fishing. |
| switch or the wire bail by hand, you can cast with this | | | | |