No hooking the line on your finger? Whaaa?? Do any of you cast a spinning setup like this?
Is this a common technique that I have totally missed?
I'm pretty new to fishing, but I THOUGHT I knew how to cast with a spinning reel. Guess not! Seems pretty clever in theory. I look forward to messing with it.
Posted by ragtagarmy
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_fuckernaut_ on
Hmm interesting. I have never seen that exact technique before, but the principles he’s using are applicable to more “familiar” techniques. For instance I hook the line on my finger to make a cast but I use my other hand (the hand that opens and closes the bail) to feather the line coming off the reel as needed – same thing he’s doing with his index finger. I also start with the lure closer to the rod tip (“one revolution” of line, as he calls it) for short precise casts and leave more line out for longer casts.
Overall I think the technique he’s demonstrating is not “the right” way, but it is also not wrong. I don’t think this technique would come naturally to the vast majority of people who pick up a fishing rod though. The one thing I strongly disagree with is telling users to “pile drive” (his words) the lure right into the tip of the rod before the cast. That will inevitably lead to broken or chipped inserts over time and could possibly even break the tip of the rod if someone reels too hard with their drag too tight.
MasterWarChief on
I surely don’t, while I try to be accurate with my cast I never need to be THAT accurate. It’s just a method of controlling line like feathering a baitcaster with your thumb.
I wouldn’t recommend reeling a lure to the tip of the rod though that’s just asking for issues.
Some people may find this method useful but that doesn’t mean you couldn’t hook the line on your finger to cast then point it on the spool as he did to control the line
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Hmm interesting. I have never seen that exact technique before, but the principles he’s using are applicable to more “familiar” techniques. For instance I hook the line on my finger to make a cast but I use my other hand (the hand that opens and closes the bail) to feather the line coming off the reel as needed – same thing he’s doing with his index finger. I also start with the lure closer to the rod tip (“one revolution” of line, as he calls it) for short precise casts and leave more line out for longer casts.
Overall I think the technique he’s demonstrating is not “the right” way, but it is also not wrong. I don’t think this technique would come naturally to the vast majority of people who pick up a fishing rod though. The one thing I strongly disagree with is telling users to “pile drive” (his words) the lure right into the tip of the rod before the cast. That will inevitably lead to broken or chipped inserts over time and could possibly even break the tip of the rod if someone reels too hard with their drag too tight.
I surely don’t, while I try to be accurate with my cast I never need to be THAT accurate. It’s just a method of controlling line like feathering a baitcaster with your thumb.
I wouldn’t recommend reeling a lure to the tip of the rod though that’s just asking for issues.
Some people may find this method useful but that doesn’t mean you couldn’t hook the line on your finger to cast then point it on the spool as he did to control the line