| Spinning reels, whether freshwater or saltwater | | | | fishing applications as well as teaching novices the |
| spinning reels, share one thing in common that | | | | fine art of casting and fishing. Another important |
| differs from conventional fishing reels. When | | | | note is that a spin casting reel should sit atop the |
| casting a spinning fishing reel, the fishing line is cast | | | | fishing rod and the handle of the reel on the right |
| off the reel spool in a circular unraveling, around a | | | | side of the reel for right-handed anglers. |
| stationary spool. Casting reels on the other hand | | | | Spinning reels, on the other hand, can handle |
| unravel with a straighter motion, with the spool of | | | | freshwater lunker bass fishing, big-game saltwater |
| the reel in freespool, where the spool of the reel | | | | jigging, as well as freshwater and saltwater |
| spins as the line comes off. This free-spinning | | | | tournament style fishing. Spinning reels should hang |
| motion of the conventional casting reel spool | | | | below the spinning rod, with the handle of the reel |
| often leads to messy line tangles if the spool is | | | | on the left side of the reel for right-handed |
| not controlled with the appropriate thumb | | | | fishermen. Spinning fishing reels have an open |
| pressure. The tangle free casting is what probably | | | | spool, with the fishing line thread through a bail, |
| makes spinning fishing reels the most popular type | | | | which is designed to hold the line. To cast, the |
| of fishing reel. | | | | angler must open the bail, grab the fishing line with |
| Spincasting reels differ from normal spinning reels | | | | a finger, cast, and then either manually close the |
| in that the spool of the fishing reel is usually | | | | bail or turn the handle a half revolution to |
| encased. This type of reel is normally cast with a | | | | automatically close the bail. Please, when casting a |
| push of a button, which disengages the line. To | | | | spinning reel, DO NOT FORGET to open the bail. I |
| engage the line, all the angler does is turn the | | | | have seen many expensive lures go flying into |
| handle a little to re-engage the spool. The limited | | | | the deep sea with the familiar pop or snap of the |
| line capacity, size and overall utility of this type of | | | | fishing line because the angler forgot this critical |
| fishing reel should be restricted to freshwater | | | | step in casting these reels. |