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Also... when you cast, most modern reels can be closed by hand. If you can flip the bail by hand (not by cranking the handle) then DO SO. Slamming the bail closed with the handle shortens the lifespan of the reel, and causes headaches with the line. You will form a loop fairly often closing the bail with the handle, and this will cause a big wad of tangled, twisted line to fly off the reel when you cast the next time.
Cast, catch the line again against the spool with your fingertip or catch it in the crook of your index finger, and close the bail with your off hand, guiding the line to the roller in the bail as you do so. You will experience at an absolute minimum a 50% reduction in line management problems.
My finger is always on the bail when i am letting line out bobber fishing. I slap it shut and reel in quickly while setting the hook. It is a force of habit, on my 11 1/2 ft. bobber rod it's so long setting the hook is a breeze, as is casting (as long as no branches are around)
Being a newb, I bought something that others apparently look down their patrician noses at: a low profile bass real with a "flipper" switch. Only a few reels have this, mostly lower end Abu's. When you activate it, you cast like normal, but letting up on the thumb lever engages the real, just like turning the crank.
I love it for extending a bobber drift, and have used it with great success from my kayak, where being able to stop the line going out with only one-hand on the rod is a definite plus. Being able to stop a drift in its tracks my lifting your thumb, or casting upstream and taking up the slack, then letting it out to free spool with just the thumb is a lot fast reaction time to a bite. Works great letting a plug work its way away from you, too. Press down to free spool, lift your thumb to hold it in place, press down again to let it work a little farther/deeper. Works a treat.
Will these twist and memory and things go away of we use braid?
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Braid has no memory. It can still twist...