| Casting | | | | reel, adjust your spool tension as follows: |
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| Casting reels have a visible line spool that | | | | |
| lays perpendicular to the rod so it functions | | | | |
| much like a winch. This type of reel has a | | | | |
| trigger to release the spool and the spool | | | | |
| turns when the crank is turned. There is | | | | 1. Tie on the lure you are going to use. |
| usually a spoke wheel drag adjustment around | | | | |
| the base of the crank handle. There will be a | | | | 2. Hold the rod out horizontal and trip the |
| spool tension adjustment knob and sometimes | | | | trigger. |
| an adjustment for tuning the spool rotation | | | | |
| speed when you are casting. The last two | | | | 3. Allow the lure to fall to the ground/water |
| adjustments are used to maximize the casting | | | | and observer the spool. Tighten the spool |
| distance while minimizing the amount of | | | | tension so they spool stop rotating on its |
| backlashes. Backlashes occur when the spool | | | | own when the lure strikes the water. This |
| rotates faster than the line is pulled off | | | | will help reduce backlashes. |
| the spool. This causes the line to start | | | | |
| winding back around the spool in the opposite | | | | 4. As your skill increases you can adjust the |
| direction and somehow you always end up with | | | | tension and magnetic drag systems to fine |
| a knot or a complete mess that requires | | | | tune your reel. |
| clippers to solve. | | | | |
| | | | Fly |
| To cast a rod equipped with a casting reel do | | | | |
| the following: | | | | Single Action Fly Reels |
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| | | | Single Action Fly reels consist of a simple |
| | | | spool with a housing around it. The housing |
| 1. Place your thumb on the trigger and make | | | | has a large hole for the line to come out of. |
| sure it overlaps the spool. | | | | There is a small handle on the spool used |
| | | | for cranking and a simple drag system. These |
| 2. Press the trigger and use your thumb to | | | | reels are the most widely used of the fly |
| keep the spool from turning. | | | | reels. They are used to hold line and fight a |
| | | | fish when one is hooked. |
| 3. Start your casting motion. | | | | |
| | | | Automatic Fly Reels |
| 4. On the forward part of the casting motion | | | | |
| remove your thumb from the spool. | | | | Automatic fly reels have a spring system |
| | | | located inside the reel and a trip lever to |
| 5. As the lure flies through the air, you may | | | | wind the line back on the spool. As you pull |
| need to lightly touch your thumb to the spool | | | | off line the reel spring loads up. When you |
| to prevent it from rotating faster than the | | | | trip the lever it releases tension in the |
| lure pulls line. This usually will happen | | | | spring and causes the spool to rotate and |
| during high wind situations, or when your | | | | wind the line back in. Automatic fly reels |
| lure goes up farther than out. | | | | are not designed for fighting fish, and as |
| | | | such, have no drag system. |
| 6. When your lure hits the water, place your | | | | |
| thumb on the spool to stop rotation. If this | | | | Casting a flyrod will not be covered in this |
| is not done you can, and probably will get a | | | | article because entire books are written on |
| backlash.Tips: | | | | the subject. I may write an article about fly |
| | | | casting at a later date. |
| When first starting to learn to use a casting | | | | |