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Finesse fishing works great for bank fishing and many times it can be the only technique catches fish. I fish shaky head, ned rig, drop shot, 1/8 or 1/4 oz jig and small spoons or spinners all the time. They works great here, especially the drop shot. (Almost too effective)

You are 100% right. Spinning reel including my design will create twists when casting. That's the twist can NOT be eliminated but can be canceled during retrive. That is where the green piece( line twister) comes into place. During retrive, it will twist the line in an opposite direction so the initial twist will be canceled out. It just like you hand when you roll up the air hose, keep rolling and twisting at the same time.

Thanks! Yeah, drag can be quite important when it comes to bigger size hard fighting fish. But you never know, some new brilliant ideas may pop out while you doing the current design! Good luck to you too!

This is a GOOD idea!

It kind of remind me the WaveSpin MicroWave. Anyway,back to the reel. Good point! I went back and checked my video again and Daiwa's website. I think I have to do some revisions. Yes, both way have friction force but because of the special geometry of the Daiwa Twister-Buster line guide, there is an opposite force creating an opposite rotation to fight against the friction force. So I should have stated the resultant force instead of friction force alone. (btw, sorry to call you name wrong EvanT123, I got a liitle bit excited and couldn't even tell where the username is. You probably should call me "Fry" then....)

Thanks for the tip Tom! I actually talked to the patent expert at my university, it's not really worth it to apply one. Patent doesn't really fit into my situation I guess. This is my very first design and it won't be my last. Even if some brand out there used my concept and came up with some reels, not so bad, at least it shows my design gets some value. And that also will be a great time to see how the marke react~ I am still a beginner when it comes to fishing gear designs, if this prototpye and my future projects can help me win a chance to keep learning in the field, I will be very happy .

Thanks EvanT123! You are right, for this video I did assume the spool won't play a role since I haven't figure out how those spool designs affect the line twist and by how much. I just kept learning new stuff while I was working on my reel. Sometimes a small angle change of a certain parts can make a big difference, they might hard to tell by our eye but that's what makes the big brand big I guess. And that's what I want to learn. For the pic form Daiwa, there are two situations I believe. I kind of explained it in the privous pic. For daiwa's design, you don't want much friction of the roller surface but others may actually need the friction to operate properly. For my design, the friction is actually needed to untwist the line.

Hi everyone! I just finished my fishing reel project prototype #1. It is designed and built based on a regular spinning reel. The main purpose of my design is to improve the controllability and solve the line twist problem. I did this as my Independent study and of course, for fun!!! Working in the sports fishing field and designing fishing gears is my dream. I figured I might just start doing some small projects and hopefully they can help me get a chance to work for one of the fishing companies there and keep learning. I can’t stop thinking how the technologies today gonna change the future of fishing gears. For example, micro fabrication. Try to think about a super small sensor built into the spool of a bait caster which detects the RPM and sends signal to a control module. Then the solenoid which controlled by the module will apply a brake to the spool accordingly. All of the components can be built almost weightless by micro fabrication. It can give you a 6oz DC reel which has further cast and NO more backlash under any condition. Here is another one. Today, the self-balancing scooter are everywhere so what about a self-balancing compact boat? Not every situation needs a 21-foot professional boat and not everyone can afford it either. For small pond and lakes, a small boat will work much better. With the integration of self-balancing ability, even the little boat can make you feel like standing on the ground. That will be really cool right? Same as lures, rods and all the accessories, you never know, some small innovations or the integration of current technology may change the way of fishing. I know they may sounds a little bit unrealistic but it is fun to think about them. I do have some small ideas in my head, I might start doing some of them if I have time. This semester is pretty crazy though... Any feedback will be appreciated!! And if you have any suggestions which can help me figured out a way to step into the field please let me know. It’s nothing about money at all. Get the chance to working with the professionals, keep learning learning learning and doing what I love is more important than anything. If there is a chance, I will fight for it.