first line lure broke off this one
already has a wind knot
hi welcome to deebo's amateur fishing i
can't even cast without messing up
what's happening fusion friends welcome
to another episode today we're
discussing something that i've received
a lot of questions about and that's more
tips and tricks for spinning reels
you all know i am a huge fan of using a
baitcaster but
i never ever leave home without at least
one spinning combo especially for my
finesse stuff
so today i put together five spinning
reel mistakes to avoid when you go out
fishing i know a lot of people picked up
fishing this year it's a great way to
get out
enjoy the outdoors socially distance and
for me just absolutely clear my head of
everything going on now i started out
with the spinning rail a long time ago
when i got started in fishing
just like a lot of you all probably are
right now probably one of the first
combos you picked up or looked at
was a spinning combo so let's get into
it the first thing that i have to say
and this isn't one of the five tips but
i want to just broke a tip number one do
not hold your spinning combo
like this you don't want to hold your
spinning combo with the spinning reel up
top
reeling backwards towards you it's not
very often that i tell someone you know
when they're fishing you're doing
something wrong
or you're doing it the wrong way that's
not right this is one of those
exceptions
a spinning combo is not made to be
fished with the spinning reel
up you're gonna end up damaging your
line guides these guys right here
these are mint you see how long that is
these are meant
to load and take stress this way on the
bottom of the rod
and to bend that rod that's the way a
spinning rail is made to flex and work
okay the first actual tip i've got for
you is filling your spool you don't want
to
overfill it and put too much on but on
the other side you also don't want to
put
too little amount of line on you're
going to run into issues so
number one filling it too full as you
can see here on my spool
there's a little ledge down here on the
bottom and that kind of lines up with
this little edge right up top here it's
kind of hard to see but
there's a little lip that goes over this
when i'm filling up my spinning combo
i want to stay within about an eighth of
an inch of that lip to ensure
i'm not filling it too full if i get
that line all the way out to the edge
here
where it's all the way past this black
where you can see and going up like it's
going to run up onto the
you've got too much on there what's
going to happen is when you go to cast a
few times
it's going to end up pulling a lot off
because it's not seated
down inside here within the spool where
it's supposed to be so
you're going to get a bunch of line
coming off you're going to get line
knots
a whole tangles mess it can be an
absolute horrible day
and i've done that before i remember
when i was first starting out with braid
i wanted to use the whole spool right
you don't want to waste any of it so i'm
like
almost at the end of it i'm like i'm
just going to keep going when you get
that all the way full
you don't have any more lip here you
don't have any more room right here you
see this black lip on the bottom
if i were to put line all on all this
and fill up all that black down there
it's all just going to come off in a big
ball that's what happens now on the
other side of that you don't want to put
too little of line on here now if i do
this where there's like a fingers width
like
you know a half inch and that lines all
the way in toward the middle
you're going to lose a lot of casting
distance because what's going to happen
is as that lines coming off
the fuller you have it the farther of
cast you'll get
as that line starts to get down and it
starts to eat inside there
it's going to bang up against the top of
this it's going to spin off more it has
to do more work
and you're just not going to get as good
of a cast so if you put on too much
it can be issues you're going to have
line coming off and tangling if you
don't put on enough
it's going to be hard to cast a long
distance especially if you want to like
pitch and flip
a lot of times i'll have a ned rig or a
little finesse jig and throw it out
there
and that'll just come off real easy if
you've got that right amount on
if you don't have enough on there you're
gonna throw it out it's gonna bang
around and it's just not gonna be easy
to do
so fill your spool correctly i've got a
whole other video on this i'll link that
at the end but
um getting this within the right spot is
key
okay tip number two for beginners is
don't neglect
braid the more i've got into spinning
and fishing a spinning combo
really braid is my number one thing that
i use you do have to learn to tie a
leader you know fluorocarbon
or monofilament unless you're fishing
really dirty but with a little practice
that's not a problem at all now
the benefits of braid why do i stress
that why should you not neglect braid
well
a lot of new people i know when they
start out they get a nice combo like
this they go out
and they'll look for a cheap line right
i don't know what i'm doing i'm going to
get a cheap line
the problem is a lot of those cheap
lines can kind of be stiff or maybe
you've heard the pros talk about
fluorocarbon so you put you know 12
pound fluorocarbon on here thinking it's
going to be great
the problem with some monos and most all
fluorocarbon is they're tough
they've got memory and when you go to
cast they're going to have that memory
and want to jump off the spool
so the things that you get with braid is
you don't have any memory like you can
see here
braid on your line is always going to be
straight so this is straight and
dropping down i know it's not focusing
the greatest but
this has been on here for a long time
this has been on all year notice how
it's limp
there's no sort of memory in it
whatsoever that's the number one
advantage of spinning combos with braid
you don't have any memory you don't have
to worry about you know whole globs of
it coming off unless you've filled it
too full but
generally it's nice and you know smooth
like this it's going to be a real
small diameter as well so a 10 pound or
15 pound
some braids even are going to equal like
a four pound monofilament diameter
so a 15 pound braid could be the exact
same size
same diameter as a four pound model
that's crazy
the smaller diameter line is going to
come off you reel easier
you're going to be able to cast it a
whole lot farther than if you're using
like a thick 12-pound fluorocarbon on
here
you just get more distance it's way
easier and more forgiving for a beginner
the other thing i've noticed is it
doesn't want to twist as easily
fluorocarbon it's going to have that
memory and it's going to be trained to
your reel right
as soon as you get it all on the spool
it's going to be trained to the size of
the spool and it's going to want to keep
going on that way
bray doesn't care it has no memory so if
i'm using a lure that can kind of tend
to twist or like a cinco or something
like that
man the the twisting and the the kinks
and stuff that you get in your line
you'll oftentimes see it like
come back all like this twist it up like
this and hang it around
that's when you get a lure that's going
to cause line twists so
braid doesn't twist up as easy it's more
forgiving it's a lot more limp
it's just a lot easier for a beginner to
get used to now
if you get a knot in it it can be a heck
of a thing to get out and sometimes you
might have to cut it but
in my opinion if you start with a real
soft mono or braid
you'll really like it
okay tip number three i can't stress
enough close the bail manually what do i
mean well
you take your line you go like this
you're holding it with your finger you
cast it out
and to close the bale you're just taking
your hand right here on the
the crank and the handle and closing it
that way
i know a lot of new people start out
that way i certainly did when i was
first starting
now if you're using a lure that's got
some weight to it a cast and retrieve
lure
it's not going to be as big of an issue
allure with weight you're casting it out
almost as soon as it's hitting the water
you're clicking that over and reeling
it's going to take up that slack without
much of an issue
the problem you're going to get into is
when you fish lures that you move with
the rod
so for example like a ned rig a drop
shot a finesse jig
a small shaky head a lot of things that
i'm picking up the spinning combo to use
i'm working with the rod using the rod
to work the lure
and not the real so let's say i had like
a small spinner bait quarter ounce
spinner bait and i was fishing on this
not an issue right you cast it out you
turn it over with the handle no problem
let's say i have a ned rig i throw a ned
rig out i'm letting it sink i've got a
bunch of extra slack line
and i just turn that crank over right i
turn it over and i've got a whole bunch
of loose line here
what you'll end up seeing is it'll look
something like this have you ever seen
that on your spinning reel see that line
how it's all loose and starting to get
around the bottom of the bale
well if it gets really bad and you've
got a big loop or a lot of loose line
it'll get up under that bale i'm sorry
under your spool
if you've got a ton of slack you can get
caught up on under there you've got to
take your spool off remove it fix it and
get caught in the gear in there
otherwise with all this loose line
something's gonna happen
and usually what's gonna happen with all
that loose line kind of hanging out down
here
is on that next cast you go out and
throw it out and it's gonna pull a whole
bunch of this off in that one spot and
ball
and not up that's what people call a
wind knot right
now when not you'll also get those again
that balling and bunching up a line if
you fill your spool too full
okay or anytime you're casting out slack
lines so if i were to cast this out
uh most of the time i guarantee i'm
gonna have some issues coming back
so the big thing with closing the bale
manually and what i mean is
notice in this clip how i cast it out
look at my left hand
my left hand is going down flipping that
bail over with my hand
and then i'm pulling out that slack line
that's what i want to urge beginners to
do
is you take back you throw your line out
i'm well i'm actually going to get into
that in a second but i'm putting my hand
here i'm going to take my
free hand over flip that bail with my
hand
and i pull out any sort of slack that's
what i get into
and that really helps save a ton of
headaches
really stubbed he had to get his toy
that saves a ton of headaches when you
get out on the water because
i can't tell you how frustrated i've
been um you know starting out
cast it out there's a big knot global
line you're like what the heck
closing that bale manually that's
actually going to take us into the next
tip
now this kind of ties into tip three
i've already kind of talked about it in
tip three but i can't stress enough
reeling up that slack line if there's
wind
uh anytime you've got slack after you
know throwing a bait and you're letting
it
drop down anytime you've got that slack
line where it's just kind of hanging
you don't ever want to reel that in so
one thing you can do is you can hand
our hand take your finger on the line
like this while you're reeling in
that gives tension on it you can also
like i do almost every time i notice
going back and watching video every time
i cast out and close the bail with my
hand
you'll always see me take this line
right here in front of the reel and pull
it out to make sure everything's nice
and tight
and then i'll usually start working with
my rod with my tip up
while the lines tight and i'm gonna reel
the slack down do not
reel up slack loose line that's going to
put loops in it
just as if you weren't closing the bail
with your hand it's going to put those
loose loops in
and that's when you get wind nuts
tip number four is feathering the line
now that's one of my biggest uh
pros to using a baitcaster is when i
take this baitcaster and cast it out
i've got to put my thumb here
so my thumb's always touching this line
as it's getting out there closer to
water i can feather the spool with my
thumb
slow that spool down stop that inertia
and kind of let that lure come in gently
right
that's my biggest thing with a
baitcaster is i'm a lot more accurate
with it you have more control over the
spool in the line
one thing i've learned to do with the
spinning reel is kind of the same thing
feathering the line now there's
different ways to do this i know some
guys will use their finger
so as this line's coming off it's going
to bang into my finger here right
so they'll keep a finger down and let it
hit that that's not how i do it but i've
heard of guys doing it that way
i always use my free hand to feather my
spool so i go here
i cast it out and as this line's coming
off remember it's coming off this way
okay it's coming off around like this
i'm just gonna leave my finger down here
and let it hit
it's just going to cause a little bit of
friction on it but with practice you'll
be able to feather this as it's coming
off
just putting my hand here as this line
is coming off i can't really show you
i'll show you a clip
so i know a lot of people will will cast
out and they're holding this and looking
to time it
and it's going to cause the lure to
bounce back right when you're feathering
the spool you can get it right to about
where you want it and just
barely lay your hand on it and allow
that lure to come in now
i'm still even after feathering a
spinning reel i'm still not as
accurate with this as i am with this
that's a whole different video though
but
feathering the spool with your hand is
something you want to learn it'll help
you out a ton
you're going to get a lot more accuracy
you're going to be able to get into
spots like if you're pitching and
flipping with the spinning reel
a lot quieter sometimes that subtle
presentation with the bait
makes all the difference if you go in a
spot where fish are a little spooky and
you throw it in there and it splashes
with the big splash
those fish are gone you can land it in
there nice and soft
feathering the spool helps
okay the last tip tip number five for
beginners is make
sure you set your drag now this is going
to be kind of a fight and feel type
thing i know when i started out at first
i would have my
drag cranked up so on a spinning reel
your drag is going to be right here
lefty loosey righty tighty so
if i'm turning it this way i'm going to
loosen it if i'm turning it clockwise
i'm going to tighten it
lefty loosey ready tighty so when i
started out i would have that crank down
a lot and what happens is if you're
using
real small diameter line let's say i'm
using four pound monofilament
if you have this cranked all the way
down you're fighting a big fish you're
gonna end up breaking line
so you kind of have to get into that
comfort zone where you feel i've got
enough power to set the hook
okay you might let a little drag out
that's what i want when i set the hook i
want just a little bit to come out okay
but when i'm fighting that fish i don't
want to go and of course on the other
side of things i don't want to have it
set so tight that there's no give
the whole point of drag is it's allowing
that fish to take some line
if you're using treble hook lures or
smaller lures
it's going to allow that fish not to
throw right because he's pulling out
drag
instead of putting slack in the line
when they head shake any sort of slack
line is when they can throw that lure so
for smaller hooks if i've got this set
all the way tight and they can't pull
out any drag right they're pulling and
this isn't making any sound
they can't pull out any drag good chance
you're gonna bend a small hook
setting your drag appropriately and i
like to like i said have it so if i've
got something where i'm setting a hook
hard
like a shaky head or something you hear
just a little bit come out okay
then i can adjust it on the fly if he's
really pulling i can loosen this up and
let him take some of that drag and fight
wear that fish out until he starts to
get tired and bring him in that's the
whole point in fighting a fish with drag
okay let it play out some of that you
know piss and vinegar is what we call it
until they're all tired and then you can
get them in a lot easier so
there's a number of things with the drag
like i said a lot of it's just going to
take a little bit of time but
but you don't want to have it set so
tight that it's going to throw hooks or
your bending hooks your braking line if
you're doing that
you know you've got it set too tight so
that's going to do it for the five
spinning real mistakes if you avoid
those i guarantee it's going to help you
out in the long run
number one not filling that spool too
much or not putting enough line on
number two don't neglect braid i know it
does cost a little bit more but as you
get more comfortable with it
braid has so many more benefits casting
distance it's got a smaller diameter
it's really nice number three close that
bale manually try to get out of the
habit of
casting and just using this to click it
over it's abrupt it can pop
line when you close that bill manual
you've got full control
number 3.5 don't reel in slackline it's
bad
number four feather the line on the
spool get used to it it helps a ton
you get a lot more control i know a lot
of people with the spinning reel they
cast it out wherever it's going it's
going and they're closing it right
you can feather the spool just like you
do on one of these guys
just take some practice and number five
make sure you get that drag set up like
i said it's going to take some time and
learning but
utilizing that drag just don't leave it
at one setting for every lure every hook
don't be afraid to change that up even
while you're fighting a fish
changing it up all right that's going to
do it for me tonight tonight subscribe
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couple unboxings some more reviews i've
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that's enough i gotta go edit so thank
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