How did you learn to use a bait cast reel?

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How did you learn to use a bait cast reel?

Post by Keepitreel » Thu Oct 06, 2016 4:49 pm

Hey gents,

Recently purchased a new bait cast outfit for the Murray to target cod.

Never used a bait cast reel before - any tips?

Ta,

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Re: How did you learn to use a bait cast reel?

Post by Basti » Thu Oct 06, 2016 5:00 pm

turn on all the brakes. tighten friction knob until the lure just starts to drop. you can back the brakes off over time as your thumb learns to do a good job. smooth casts are easier to control. i used mono for the first week because it was cheap. heavy braid is also good b/c a backlash doesn't kink it up to hell like mono. i've moved to nicer braid now on one reel. the other one is a bit more finnicky with brakes still.

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Re: How did you learn to use a bait cast reel?

Post by davek » Thu Oct 06, 2016 5:48 pm

How did I learn? Terribly, lol, cheers davo
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Re: How did you learn to use a bait cast reel?

Post by BIG GAV » Thu Oct 06, 2016 6:23 pm

Casting plug is a good tool to practice with..

When I first got mine I just loosened the brakes.. and in my room I kept flinging a lure with no hooks into floor hard.. to practice removing bird nests once that was down pat I moved outside and practice throwing into an esky, side arm throw out a wallet under ur armpit n keep it there during the cast..

Nowadays I over arm throw and brakes are very loose as my thumb does the braking.. bastards to learn but great to use once u know how to
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Re: How did you learn to use a bait cast reel?

Post by cobby » Thu Oct 06, 2016 6:25 pm

Cast 1/2oz sinkers in the local footy oval. I don't run any brakes and have a very loose friction knob on my baitcaster

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Re: How did you learn to use a bait cast reel?

Post by Basti » Thu Oct 06, 2016 7:04 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0meQkt1cee4

warning: this guy spits a lot

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Re: How did you learn to use a bait cast reel?

Post by Sinsemilla » Thu Oct 06, 2016 8:03 pm

First started fishing when I was 5 and not long after that was using an abu 6500. I started by always keeping my thumb on the spool. I know the cast wont be of any distance but with each cast just back your thumb off the spool a little more to get the feeling of how the spool spins and when to slow it down. You will save yourself a lot of birds nests.
After you get the feel of it cast harder and harder with less thumb on the spool each time.

Good luck with it mate.

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Re: How did you learn to use a bait cast reel?

Post by ducky » Thu Oct 06, 2016 8:37 pm

I watched gong lei YouTube videos and drooled.

In reality I took a sinker to a small lake and cast into it twice. This is a reminder I need to start doing it again. Still hopeless.

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Re: How did you learn to use a bait cast reel?

Post by JS270 » Thu Oct 06, 2016 10:11 pm

If you set the reel up correctly and take things nice and easy you should have no problems. The new mag braking system on a lot of the better reels make them very easy to use.

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Re: How did you learn to use a bait cast reel?

Post by Texas » Thu Oct 06, 2016 10:42 pm

Keepitreel wrote:Hey gents,

Recently purchased a new bait cast outfit for the Murray to target cod.

Never used a bait cast reel before - any tips?

Ta,
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