11-28-2018, 06:47 AM
Is there something I'm missing in understanding the attraction to inline reels? (Question to anyone)
I was ice fishing just fine with my spinning reels I use for casting when I saw the popularity of inline reels catch on regarding less line twist and not having the unnatural presentation of a spinning lure. That made sense, so I switched to one of my bait casting reels for ice fishing.
That worked well for my style of ice fishing. After I set up my MarCum LX-9 and especially if I'm on structure and using it's camera, I want to leave it there yet still fish the many other holes I make. What I do is note the favorite depth of crusing fish that aren't staying put in one place and then run around from hole to hole dropping in a tungstun lure and using the digital depth counter to quickly go to that exact same depth without any guessing.
Is there any advantage of the inline reels that I'm not recoginizing?
I have the no twist advantage, I have better bearings and less friction, I have better gearing and plenty of gear ratio advantage, so what does an inline reel do better?
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I was ice fishing just fine with my spinning reels I use for casting when I saw the popularity of inline reels catch on regarding less line twist and not having the unnatural presentation of a spinning lure. That made sense, so I switched to one of my bait casting reels for ice fishing.
That worked well for my style of ice fishing. After I set up my MarCum LX-9 and especially if I'm on structure and using it's camera, I want to leave it there yet still fish the many other holes I make. What I do is note the favorite depth of crusing fish that aren't staying put in one place and then run around from hole to hole dropping in a tungstun lure and using the digital depth counter to quickly go to that exact same depth without any guessing.
Is there any advantage of the inline reels that I'm not recoginizing?
I have the no twist advantage, I have better bearings and less friction, I have better gearing and plenty of gear ratio advantage, so what does an inline reel do better?
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