well i went out yesterday morning and tried out my new bait caster, lets just say it was not good after about 10 times of untangling it i put it away and went back to my spinning reel. how long does it usually take to get the hang of these things.
well i went out yesterday morning and tried out my new bait caster, lets just say it was not good after about 10 times of untangling it i put it away and went back to my spinning reel. how long does it usually take to get the hang of these things.
Albin
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After you pick you're 11th backlash, you should be good.
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Robert »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">After you pick you're 11th backlash, you should be good.
Are at least good at picking out the backlash.......
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Cast as far as you can, pull out about 10 yrds more, then put a piece of elecrical tape around the spool. Reel in your line, then your set. It won't eleminate backlashes, but it helps minimize them.
Also make sure your spool tension and brakes are set right.
And KEEP CASTING!
Alan
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You might need to tighent your "brakes". Tighten them and as you cast loosen it until it's just right. I still get them nest to.
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what kind of reels you using!!!!!!!! some have more adjustments you can make than others. but i am sure someone here can help steer you thru these difficult times!!!!!!!!!!!!! if you get used to the bc's you'll forget about them others!
Evil just go back to your original post and re-read all the tips and they will be a little easier to understand now that you have had a go at the BC.TBJ
i'm using an abu garcia
ambassadeur revo sx-l
Albin
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Try tightening the "knob" on the same side as the handle. Reel a bait/weight to the tip of the rod. Push the thumb bar, then loosen the knob until the bait/weight starts to fall. You want it to fall slow and hit the floor and as soon as the it hits the floor the spool should stop spinning. Should be just about right. From there cast it around and adjust as you need it. It does take time in fine tuning a reel. Another note, as you switch out baits on that reel, you will have to re-adjust cause all baits are different. Once you get the hang of it, those spin cast reels will be old news.
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by fishin couillon »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Try tightening the "knob" on the same side as the handle. Reel a bait/weight to the tip of the rod. Push the thumb bar, then loosen the knob until the bait/weight starts to fall. You want it to fall slow and hit the floor and as soon as the it hits the floor the spool should stop spinning. Should be just about right. From there cast it around and adjust as you need it. It does take time in fine tuning a reel. Another note, as you switch out baits on that reel, you will have to re-adjust cause all baits are different. Once you get the hang of it, those spin cast reels will be old news.
Prior to doing above, set the dial on the opposite side of the handle to 0(Min) Then Dont forget after setting it like above, to set this dial back to 75% or more. You have a pretty nice reel to learn on.
The wind was blowing like a sonvagun yesterday. If you were casting into it at any angle, you were bound to get birdsnest. In wind like that I usually max out the magnetic brake.
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