what reel to use

Occasional Joined: Apr 20, 2007 Posts: 188 Location: Kent

hopefully this poll will help me coose a type of reel!!!

Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 7:18 am

You have got to start with a fixed spool until you get the hang of things, get a 65 or 70 size with at least 3 ball bearings. A multiplier is a hard lesson to learn when you are starting out, if you want to, get one in a couple of years time when you know the ropes. I have never bothered because in the end I catch fish regularly so why make life harder.

Occasional Joined: Apr 20, 2007 Posts: 188 Location: Kent

but i hear that they help you to cast further, and i need to cast further cos i can only cast about 20 yds

Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 7:44 pm

I can cast well over 100 yds with a fixed spool reel. I think you need a casting lesson if you can only do 20 yds. I am prepared to teach you if you live anywhere near Portsmouth/Havant. I taught anther guy only last week and he was casting 80yds with a fixed spool at the end of the lesson. If you can only do 20 yds with a fixed spool, getting a multiplier now will get you into a lot of difficulty.

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Get a fixed spool as Eccles says and learn a good solid casting technique. Have a look on youtube.com for video clips of John Holden and Neil McKellow performing Off the Ground Casting, which is a good place to start. The distance will soon get better.

If you tried this straight away with a multiplier, you would probably last about 2 casts before going home to re-spool it - they really are a handfull if you do not have a smooth casting action.

Try one of the Okuma fixed spool reels - they get really good reviews - and anyway - bass come in to about 20 yards so you don't need to cast huge distances until about October, so that gives you a couple of months to get your technique down.

Occasional Joined: Apr 20, 2007 Posts: 188 Location: Kent

i live in greenhithe which is quite a while away from plymouth(near bluewater),my parents wouldn't really let me go that far for a fishing trip but thanks for the offer

Occasional Joined: Apr 20, 2007 Posts: 188 Location: Kent

thats good cos i got 2 okuma impact im80's and 2 zebco 12ft beachcasters

Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2007 3:14 pm

I use both types but mainly multipliers.

I do alot of rocky marks so use Penn 535 mags

Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2007 7:38 pm

He's a junior mate, not a lot of good telling him about yer Penn mags is it?

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eccles wrote:

He's a junior mate, not a lot of good telling him about yer Penn mags is it?

Why? They do get birthday and christmas presents so cost is not neccesarily an issue....and I've seen plenty of juniors that can can cast better than a lot of adults.

With a magged reel there is no reason why a complete beginner couldn't start getting on with one straight away with a few hours tuition...if you leave all 7 mags in a 6500 elite and dial them up I think you'd struggle to spanner it the mags are so powerful.