GraphiteZen

Don't you mean "reel" good luck?

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plunkme

lol gloomis man i was looking at them really nice rod but my wallet will be empty when i walk out the door with that thing, i have a lamiglas for salmon bank fishing when i plunk about 12.7' so light too i love it so i was thinking about finding a lamiglas... i wonder if they have warranties for casting the 2nd half of your rod into the river maybe ill have to look at the clarus series seems like alot of you guys like it
thanks for the help guys

GraphiteZen

I can't believe what bad luck that was haha, your line breaks, on a cast, and just then your rod decides to part itself. A while back I posted some Bill Dance bloopers and that would be right there with them. If you look around you can get a really nice graphite for 40 or fifty bucks.

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plunkme

do you guys think using a spinning reel and a casting reel on spinning rod is ok? or are they built differently? i know some of the casting rods have a little figure spot but is that the only difference?

GraphiteZen

The eyes on a spinning real are higher up and larger, so if you try to place a casting real on a spinning rod you will lose distance due to friction, and seeing as how the line will go up from the reel than have to go back down after it passes the first guide you might bend the eye down if you get a large fish on.
Casting rods have a little piece that drops down on the bottom that you put your first finger in front of to help you hold onto the rod. If you are the type that places your first finger in front the beam that attaches your spinning reel to your rod, you are going to miss not having this to hold onto when using a casting rod.
Rods have what they call a spine. To tell you the truth all I know that the spine needs to be either on top or on the bottom of the rod. I don't know how crucial it is, but my worry is that bending this "spine" the wrong way (backwards if you flipped a spinning rod upside down) it might weaken your rod but I don't know.
Rods are made for certain reels for certain reasons, I don't think using a spinning rod for a casting reel would be a good thing. Just find a nice quality rod at a good price for the reel it was meant for.

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Hanapaa

Well, the spine or backbone gives the rod its bend and flexibility. On a spinning rod, it is opposite of the guides and it is on the same side as the guides for a casting rod. My old neighbor from Hawaii, who used to build rods, told me that the backbone must be on top when fished. Otherwise, the rod will twist and turn in order to get it on top. That being said, putting a baitcaster on a spinning rod would cause the rod undue stress.

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FishSchooler

I've had recent horrible probs with my baitcaster (reel), it takes me a while to get "warmed up" and it keeps nesting until I actually get "warmed up"... Now, I want to use my spinning reel for steels and cohos, but the spinnin rod is only 7 feet, baitcaster is 8.5 ft, if the baitcaster is bad for a spinnin cause it backlashes more, is the spinnin bad for the baitcaster cause it cant backlash...

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Troutski

Practice, practice,practice and more practice....the only real way to become an expert with that type of reel is practice. There is some fine tuning that can be done on bait casing reels them selves to help elevate some of the inherent problems during casting. Most reels have an adjustment on the side of the reel that allows you to adjust how fast the spool will spin, which in turn keeps it from spinning once your lure has stop moving. After you become more adept in the timing of the cast you can then loosen that same same adjustment point and little by little you will then get longer and more accurate cast; but it still comes down to practice, practice...practice. Heck even spinning reels have a tendency to nest after a couple hundred cast and retrievals. Stick with the bait caster reel until you get a hold on it and you will learn to really appreciate it.
I do use my spinning gear 90 % of the time; but I can still pull my Ambassador 6501 out and within a few minutes have the knack back and hit a 5 # coffee can from 30 yards without a nest.

Chuck

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FishSchooler

Yes, getting the right tension on the spool is easy, but for some reason, it nests half the time. Like I cast, it's goin smooth then all of a sudden I feel the jerk on the rod and then the bait/lure just falls and the line doesnt come out any more. There's still line on the reel and there is nothing that I could see that would make the spool just stop. Why it was happening half of the time got me even more... And after the spool just jerked, a nest magically appeared...

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Troutski

What brand and style of baitcasting reel are you using...?

Chuck

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