How to Cast a Spinning Reel: If you like to fish with smaller baits or lures, you should learn how to cast with spinning reels. You should learn to cast with baitcaster reels if you prefer to fish with heavier lures.


How to Cast a Spinning Reel


Learning to cast is the first step in learning how to catch fish. Each of these techniques requires some practise. If you practise enough, whether in your backyard or at the neighborhood park, reel casting will become second nature.

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HOW TO CAST SPINNING REELS: STEPS

Spincasting reels are ideal fishing tools for beginners and are among the most popular beginner casting reels due to their low cost and ease of maintenance. In fact, when learning to fish, spin casting is frequently the simplest reel-casting technique to master. Spincasting reels, as opposed to open-face spinning reels, have the line enclosed in a plastic housing designed to minimize tangles. 

Spin casters, while less powerful and accurate than open-face spinning reels, can still cast light and heavy lures without breaking your fishing line. A 7-foot rod, a spinning reel, and a 6- to 10-pound test line are required for casting 1/16- to 3/4-ounce lures.


  • Hold the rod at about waist level, with the reel beneath the rod and the stem of the reel feeling natural between your fingers. The bait or lure should be 10 to 18 inches below the rod's tip.
  • Close the bail while holding the line with your forefinger.
  • Pull the rod tip back until it sweeps over your dominant shoulder, then quickly bring it forward, pointing the rod tip at your target. Release the line with your finger as the rod moves forward of your shoulder, allowing the weight of the lure to pull the line off the reel.
  • You're now ready to reel using a retrieve technique after closing the bail with your hand.


HOW TO CAST WITH BAITCASTER REELS: STEPS

Baitcasting is a reel-casting technique that uses the weight of the lure to extend the line into the target area. Baitcasting is done with a revolving-spool fishing reel, also known as a "free spool," mounted on the top of the rod. Learning how to use baitcasting reels takes practice, but once you get the hang of it, you'll be casting your lures right into the structures where fish are feeding and hanging out with these popular saltwater reels.

  • Begin by holding the rod at about waist level, with your thumb naturally resting on the bottom of the spool and the reel above the rod. The lure or bait should be 8 to 10 inches below the tip of the rod.
  • To prevent the reel from unwinding, press the button to put it in free spool mode while holding your thumb against the spool.
  • Pull the rod back until the tip of the rod sweeps over your dominant shoulder, then quickly bring it forward, pointing the rod tip at your target.
  • As the rod approaches your shoulder, take your thumb off the spool to allow the lure to draw line from the reel.
  • As the lure splashes into the water, return your thumb to the spool.
  • You're ready to fish after reeling once or twice to engage the anti-reverse.