How to Use a Spinning Reel - Top 5 Tips from Guide

[@davidhalldurham]

Thank you so much, sir!! This was an EXCELLENT introduction to spinning reels.

[@dklk6567]

Chris, what are your thoughts on spinning reel sizes for different size fish, and spinning vs bait casters? Bass fishermen poo poo spinning reels for anything other than finesse fishing. Yet I see 60 pound catfish being pulled out by a spinning reel. Granted the reel sizes are bigger, but is there any advantage to a bait caster?

[@CaptChrisMyers]

I have no use for baitcasting reels and every person who has brought one on my boat was unable to cast the light lures without losing distance or getting tangles. A properly sized spinning reel is much more versatile. It can cast light or heavy lures, catch large and small fish. I have a video on it and people are always claiming they need the baitcatser to muscle fish out of grass or structure. None of the fish they mention pull harder than snook or tarpon under a dock or bridge which I have caught many of on a spinning reel. Plus, they do not get a cool drag sound. Anything the baitcaster can do the spinning reel can do just as well but the reverse is not the case.

[@dklk6567]

@@CaptChrisMyers Thanks Chris. I tend to agree. For years I used a bait caster but always took my spinning reel along because inevitably I ended up with a birds nest in the bait caster. When I thought about I realized that didn’t make any sense. The spinning reel worked just as good. My bait casters are now gathering dust.

[@Donuts_random_stuff]

You said you don’t wanna use your other hand and you should put the reel seat in between your pinky and ring finger so you can reach the line but at 2:46 you use your left hand to reach the line Also I think it’s very uncomfortable to hold the rod in between my pinky and ring finger so I always have it in between my pointer finger and middle finger and my left hand is used to put the line underneath my pointer finger whilst opening the bail I think this is purely a matter of what we s comfortable and easier

[@CaptChrisMyers]

Not sure what you thought you saw on the video but I do not see it and i never use my other hand to grab the line. I can only give my opinion on what works best and the things I have watch people do hundreds of times that cause problems. If It works best for you, that is the way you should do it.

[@dklk6567]

I like it between ring and pinky fingers but have trouble stopping the line with my index finger. I adapted by putting my index finger on the edge of the spool to stop the line.

[@JakDoesFishing]

who saw the fish rise behind him at 8:45