Why the Conventional reel vs Spinning - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

-scallywag- · 12-28-2010, 04:49 PM

spinners have thier place.....the main reasons I don't use them is;

price- they are pretty expensive if you want one with the drags to handle braid...

reliability - alot more moving parts and tighter tolorences make rebuilding at home more difficult/time consuming/expensive.

no bait clicker or lever drag make trolling difficult

Line capacity - you would need a pretty big spinner to hold 200yrds of 40b mono.

All that so you can cast without backlash? whynot buy a mag'd reel or just practice casting?

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12-28-2010, 04:49 PM	#7
-scallywag- Banned Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: on the road... Posts: 598	spinners have thier place.....the main reasons I don't use them is; price- they are pretty expensive if you want one with the drags to handle braid... reliability - alot more moving parts and tighter tolorences make rebuilding at home more difficult/time consuming/expensive. no bait clicker or lever drag make trolling difficult Line capacity - you would need a pretty big spinner to hold 200yrds of 40b mono. All that so you can cast without backlash? whynot buy a mag'd reel or just practice casting?