Landing that Fish

A Saltwater Spinning Reel is a must have but there are few things you should take into account when using, here is a short article on Saltwater Fishing Reels that may be of interest.

If your using a fly reel, there  isn’t always a brake, or drag to help you. To stop big fish from running you can exert varying degrees of thumb pressure inside the reel. Without the pressure there is a real risk that your line will overrun and backlash, with the sometimes “interesting” feature of the “bird’s nest,” however, watch out for your knuckles when the reel handle starts to spin.

With an automatic fly reel, you recover the line by pressing a lever, and the reel does the work. Having said that, don’t play a fish on the spring of an auto reel. Land the fish in by hand.  Use the hand retrieve method to bring the line in. When you want to wind the retrieved line onto the reel, then use the lever. The auto reel was never intended to be a mechanical fish player.

Another point with automatics, always run the line between your fingers. Pressing the lever without control will mean that there’s a good chance you’ll run all the line onto the reel before you have a chance to let go of the lever. This can result in the hook slamming into the top of your pole, with the almost inevitable result of breaking something.

Line reeled onto the spool of a single action fly reel can form ridges high enough to jam against the cross braces of the reel chassis. You can avoid these ridges by using your little finger on your non-winding hand as a level line wind device. As the line comes in, simply push it to the right side of the spool, and then hook it back to the left side. This will give you a smooth, level spool of line that won’t jam your reel at the critical moment when playing a large fish.

As you can see an item that many of us take for granted is in effect an inherent part of fishing. Lastly, keep your reel well serviced. This is particularly important when salt-water fishing given it’s highly corrosive properties. It takes only a little time at the end of the day to clean, dry, and lightly oil your equipment, and you will be repaid with many years of trouble free service. If your using a fixed spool spinning reels, give a thought to having spare spools with you, with different breaking strains, this will give you more flexibility when you actually get to the fishing zone and see what type of conditions where you are having to fish.

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