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Spinning Reel Basics
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hey what's up you here today with Nick
the informative fisherman and today
we're going to be discussing spinning
reels on how to use them and how to
understand them from ultralight reels to
your medium-sized bass reels all the way
up to your surf casting reels okay first
off let's discuss the basic parts of a
spinning reel naturally you have your
handle okay which you reel it with and
this is your bale this wire right here
going over now what this is for is this
is to release the line just before
you're going to cast so what you would
do is you would trap the finger right
there against the line you use your
finger to pinch the line up against the
actual rod then you open the Bale with
your thumb and if you want to cast you
make that momentum backwards and as
you're going forward just like a
whipping motion you release the line
with your finger now once the line hits
the water you can either close the bail
with your hand or you could start to
reel in the bail should automatically
close now no matter the size of the
spinning reel all the parts are
virtually the same you have your handle
and this is your drag up here okay now
and then you'll have them on a spinning
reel on the bottom and what a drag is
for is for when a fish is pulling hard
on your line
you want your reel to be able to feed
him some line so it doesn't break it if
you're using lighter strength line and
by adjusting it all the way to the left
and you can feel it getting looser when
you pull on your line this is going to
save you from breaking off with the fish
now say you have really strong line on
on a much bigger reel say you're using
25 pound test in your catch and 15 pound
fish and you don't want to give them any
drag you can tighten it up real tight to
where it's really difficult to pull drag
off of there but learn your drag it's
very important now here we have a surf
casting reel which is much larger it's a
much larger spinning reel than when I've
been showing you before with your
ultralight and your medium size spinning
reels now these guys work exactly the
same your drags right here on the top so
remember to learn to use your drag see
that's given there when I tighten it up
it doesn't want to give okay your bails
right here on top so I've given a little
bit of line here pinch the line against
my finger open the bail make my momentum
backwards and as I'm going forward
they're whipping
motion I release the line I can either
start to reel to close the bail or I can
manually close it with my hand either
way it's fine now when you purchase your
spinning reel you need to understand
exactly you know the size of the
spinning reel you're getting if you're
getting a little tiny one the line
capacity is going to be much smaller and
you're not going to be able to cast
strong line so for example here as you
can see on the line capacity here right
on the side of the reel it'll show you
you have two pound test and 165 yards so
you get a lot of yardage but it's
extremely light line so you're going to
be wanting wanting to catch really small
fish if you're going to use that line of
line as you can see further up four
pound test at 105 yards six pound test
at sixty yards so your line capacity on
your reel is very important to pay
attention to so I'll show you another
close-up of the much larger wheels and
you can see how the line capacity is
going to change okay now here's a
close-up of my spinning reel for surf
casting which is the very large one now
as you can see here it says 20 pound
test at 240 yards so it's really strong
line in quite a bit of yardage that's
something you wouldn't be able to pull
off with using one of those little tiny
reels okay so you have to understand the
larger the reel the bigger the line
capacity and how strong of test you can
use okay great now that you have a
better understanding of your spinning
reels next thing you need to know is
which setup you're going to use to
target which type of fish whether it's a
small type of pan fish needed B bluegill
or crappie and you want to use an
ultra-light setup or you can even use a
medium set up whatever one fits your
preference a little bit better you can
go with the sensitive bite on this if
you're having a tough time feeling them
or a little bit less sensitive bite on
the bigger setup or if you're going to
target a little bit bigger fish per se
like bass or trout you would want to use
your medium setup type spinning right
here with maybe a line capacity that
maxes out around 10 or 12 pound test or
say you want to tackle a monster you
want to get out there to the beach or
you're getting out there on a boat and
you want to pull in a big shark you want
to want you're going to want to use one
of your surf setups here now the most
important key thing is if you're not
purchasing a combo which means the real
comes with the rod and you're buying
spinning rods separate from a spinning
reel
you know here's your rod here's your
reel these are separate items this is
not just a fishing rod okay a rod it's
just this piece you reel is just this
piece the combo is the two pieces
together now if you're buying the rod on
a spinning rod the first eye is much
larger and it tapers down to be very
small you'll know if you're purchasing
the wrong rod because the first I will
be small and towards the tip of the rod
the same I will be about the same size
so that's a bait casting rod so you
don't want that one if you're purchasing
a spinning rod that feels comfortable to
you the first eye up from the handle is
going to be much bigger and it's going
to taper down okay great now that I
think you guys have a better
understanding of how to use your
spinning reels and rods set up to
remember just trap that line with your
finger open up the bail momentum
backwards momentum forward take your
line off the finger let it hit the water
as it hits the water you can either
close it with your hand or begin reeling
to engage the bail and of a closure I'm
your host Nick the informative fisherman
and we'll see you next time
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