Baitcaster ratios

[Teal]

2 minutes ago, WRB said:

I use size 300 reels for deep diving crankbaits and 300 or 400 size for swimbaits  because of the casting longer distance. Swimbaits are retreived slowly most of the time but when a strike occurs moving the lure quickly to get a hook set and keeping the hook set requires. Crank baits it's important to get the lure down quickly to running depth then control the speed to vary the action. Using smaller reels you wear yourself out trying to get the lure down after a long cast with the low IPT and miss hook sets.

Tom 

Thanks man, that's probably why I hate deep crankin.  Even with the "crankin" reel i use, it's a chore.  Guess i never realized how much ipt, you lose after that long cast.  Def good look into getting a 300 reel.  

 

[Boomstick]

Well I pretty much use 6.3:1 for moving baits and 7.1:1 for everything else, and sometimes burning spinnerbaits. Being able to pickup line faster is often nice when fishing soft plastics, jigs and topwaters specifically.

[DomQ]

On 5/30/2020 at 11:39 PM, BaitFinesse said:

I got schooled a while ago on this very topic and found it interesting.  

 

It is the extension (radius) of the handle that produces the increase in torque provided that the input force remains the same.  "Leverage" is the use of a lever and pivot point to apply a force.  In slang however we use leverage as a expression to imply that we are increasing a force through the use of a lever or lever length.  In a torque application we say "leverage" rather than radius because we are all laypersons.  

 

"Bubba got a longer pipe and got more leverage on that bolt" vs "Bubba increased the radius of lever arm and applied more torque to the bolt"  We are both saying the same thing but one sounds like a science weirdo while doing it.       

Love this 

[Heartland]

This is a great example of a First Order Lever, and accurately describes/portrays how a first order lever operates.  Problem is this does not apply to a fishing reel handle, where is your fulcrum?  If you want to understand how leverage works on a fishing reel handle take a minute of two to study a second order lever and how it applies its mechanical advantage,  think wheelbarrow.

[WRB]

Archimedes discovered leverage 2,000 years ago.

Tom