03-03-2003, 06:55 AM
Hi there basstracker29,
As usual davetclown's choice is mine too. The closed-face, spincast is easiest to cast and is usually the most dependable of the reels.
But..... if it ever does mess up, you are totally $#@&*ed. Get your brain surgeon and rocket scientist friends to pitch in. 'Let's see is that the thing that holds the line before that picks it up?' Need to fish a different test line and want to change over fast? tough luck, no way Jose. I have rarely see a spincast combo that didn't look unbalanced and somewhat unwieldey to hold, reel and crank by inexperienced kids and the no longer weaker sex.
Yet, again, they don't usually mess up and the cast is easy to learn. To brag, I taught a 6 year old girl to cast consistantly better then her adult contempoaries in less than 20 casts. I hurriedly walked away after that as she was edging in on my supposed better casts. ha ha
tsurikichi
a.k.a.JapanRon
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