12-25-2003, 01:44 PM
here is the deal, reel verses casting.
the cheepest open face spinning reel on the market will cast just as the most expencive reel on the market.
the more expencive reels have only this to offer over the cheeper modles. Longer life and duribility, smothier handling, better drag settings from the rear of the reel as aposed to the front. and better looks from fancy pants anglers.
to get any reel to cast well you need to combine both of two critera. one quality line. Stay away form abrasion and memory free lines, they are expencive and a quality line but are not designed for the job you are looking to for your reel to acomplish. Stren origional blue is the best all around genneral porpus line and will suffice with what you are attempting to accomplish. Trilieane also makes a good product for the job. just remember that above mentioned note about line selections. ignoring the mentioned note you may as well go out and spend a dollar on Kmart brand mono cause you are just going to be throwing away your money in line twist and bird nest on your reel.
thats it, that is all you need to know about line selection other than matching the distance with line weights. the heaver the line the more weight you are going to need to get it out across the pond.
I mentioned a second criteria and that was the rod. this is as important as the line you use, the best line in the world on the best reel in the world wont let you cast any farther than your rod will allow.
you need to match your rod to your reel, If you ask any one in any store thay will sell you any thing you take a fancy to because they saw you comming and lets face it, if a kmart employe knew any thing about fishing gear at all would be making better money at cabelas or gander mountain or the bass pro shop.
here is the reel scoop about matching a rod to your open faced spinning reel, you need to have the first eye on your rod (closest to your reel) to be at least half the diamiter of your reel's spool. (no joke) each eye sould gradualy get smaller twards the end in session.
what happens is resistance is placed on the line from the spool to the eye. the line drags on the eye as it spins thorugh the eye. if you give it a bigger space to travel through you releive the drag stress while casting. ultimatly acheiving a better cast in distance and control.
remember first eye must match your reels spool, at least half the diamiter of the spool up to the same diamiter of the spool. going smaller will cut down your casting distance.
now with the above being said I will make a sugestion for a set up. [ul] [li]first select your line. I selected the Triliene gold 17 pound. [li]second select your reel. Diawa makes a modle called Jupiter. it runs in sizes form ultra light to 30 pound class reels. select the reel to match the line you entend to use. I selected the Jupiter Z 4500, it is rated for 20 pound line and runs under $50 [li]next you need to select your rod with the above stipulations mentioned. the flexibility of the rod dose not matter, that is a user's prefferance. I selected Eagle Claw's 2peice 9 foot rod with eyes to match the spool.[/li][/ul]
total cost of my setup was under 50.oo, all I perchased was the reel and the line. the reel was 35 and the line was free from triliene and the rod was free from my grandpa who passed away some 20 years ago, the rod is thirty years old.
to put a real cost on the set up, you can walk in and out of any quality shop with all the above mentioned for under 125.oo.
if you are fishing for some of them lakers and lunkers and wipers there I would suggest this set up. this one works well for me in the past twenty years of deep water walleye and salmon fishing.
with the same rod I can go up to the 30 pound class open faced spnning reels with no swet of being over or under classed in any of my part of my rigging.
I would like to mention that with this setup I cast on a regular baisis 50 to 75 yards per cast depending on the wind.
using the above mentioned peramiters you can use just about any setup you like.
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the cheepest open face spinning reel on the market will cast just as the most expencive reel on the market.
the more expencive reels have only this to offer over the cheeper modles. Longer life and duribility, smothier handling, better drag settings from the rear of the reel as aposed to the front. and better looks from fancy pants anglers.
to get any reel to cast well you need to combine both of two critera. one quality line. Stay away form abrasion and memory free lines, they are expencive and a quality line but are not designed for the job you are looking to for your reel to acomplish. Stren origional blue is the best all around genneral porpus line and will suffice with what you are attempting to accomplish. Trilieane also makes a good product for the job. just remember that above mentioned note about line selections. ignoring the mentioned note you may as well go out and spend a dollar on Kmart brand mono cause you are just going to be throwing away your money in line twist and bird nest on your reel.
thats it, that is all you need to know about line selection other than matching the distance with line weights. the heaver the line the more weight you are going to need to get it out across the pond.
I mentioned a second criteria and that was the rod. this is as important as the line you use, the best line in the world on the best reel in the world wont let you cast any farther than your rod will allow.
you need to match your rod to your reel, If you ask any one in any store thay will sell you any thing you take a fancy to because they saw you comming and lets face it, if a kmart employe knew any thing about fishing gear at all would be making better money at cabelas or gander mountain or the bass pro shop.
here is the reel scoop about matching a rod to your open faced spinning reel, you need to have the first eye on your rod (closest to your reel) to be at least half the diamiter of your reel's spool. (no joke) each eye sould gradualy get smaller twards the end in session.
what happens is resistance is placed on the line from the spool to the eye. the line drags on the eye as it spins thorugh the eye. if you give it a bigger space to travel through you releive the drag stress while casting. ultimatly acheiving a better cast in distance and control.
remember first eye must match your reels spool, at least half the diamiter of the spool up to the same diamiter of the spool. going smaller will cut down your casting distance.
now with the above being said I will make a sugestion for a set up. [ul] [li]first select your line. I selected the Triliene gold 17 pound. [li]second select your reel. Diawa makes a modle called Jupiter. it runs in sizes form ultra light to 30 pound class reels. select the reel to match the line you entend to use. I selected the Jupiter Z 4500, it is rated for 20 pound line and runs under $50 [li]next you need to select your rod with the above stipulations mentioned. the flexibility of the rod dose not matter, that is a user's prefferance. I selected Eagle Claw's 2peice 9 foot rod with eyes to match the spool.[/li][/ul]
total cost of my setup was under 50.oo, all I perchased was the reel and the line. the reel was 35 and the line was free from triliene and the rod was free from my grandpa who passed away some 20 years ago, the rod is thirty years old.
to put a real cost on the set up, you can walk in and out of any quality shop with all the above mentioned for under 125.oo.
if you are fishing for some of them lakers and lunkers and wipers there I would suggest this set up. this one works well for me in the past twenty years of deep water walleye and salmon fishing.
with the same rod I can go up to the 30 pound class open faced spnning reels with no swet of being over or under classed in any of my part of my rigging.
I would like to mention that with this setup I cast on a regular baisis 50 to 75 yards per cast depending on the wind.
using the above mentioned peramiters you can use just about any setup you like.
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