Holy trees, that was awful.

[Glaucus]

Almost all season I've been beating them to death with casting gear. For many years it's been 50/50 casting/spinning since I did 50/50 LMB/SMB. For reasons I've been relegated to LMB waters and have power and power finesse fished, almost entirely casting. In fact today was the first time I'd used spinning gear this season for any other reason than the Ned Rig. I took two rods, casting and spinning, to a pond. I've been fishing Senkos every which way on casting gear but put one on spinning gear so I didn't have to untie a Lipless that was killing it. Dudes, I hit more shoreline trees than I did water (exaggeration). It was unbelievable. Spinning felt like straight trash after going to long minimally using it. My motor skills didn't retain much info on how to pitch with it or cast very accurately. It also felt like a true fairy wand using it for anything but a Ned. I felt like I had none of the control or comfort that a baitcaster provides. I have a strong feeling I'm going to be investing in some baitcast finesse.

[N Florida Mike]

Im kind of the opposite. Im very comfortable with spinning. I can use a baitcaster just as well, and have 2 dedicated combos that are baitcasters .The one thing I hate about baitcasters though is setting the hook. Holding the rod with your hand on the reel and rod has always seemed unnatural to me.

[jimmyjoe]

5 minutes ago, N Florida Mike said:

Holding the rod with your hand on the reel and rod has always seemed unnatural to me.

 

   It's always seemed natural to me, because it was the way I learned. I guess old habits are always considered "normal". But setting the hook with casting gear is weaker and slower for me than setting the hook with spinning gear. The speed and "snap" I can get out of spinning, which I use on my strong side, benefits me a lot for twitching and snapping lighter lures.    jj

[Koz]

I'm the same way. I used to be a crack shot with spinning gear. But no more since I began relying on my baitcasters. Now with spinning gear it's like my finger hangs up on the line all of the time. The balance of the rod also feels off and with those things I yank most of my casts.

 

I was planning to head out and fish tomorrow and tonight I spooled up some spinning gear in case I need to pull out a ned rig. We'll see how it goes.

[Elkins45]

I've never warmed up to spinning gear. I'm not as accurate and I hate how you have to fuss with rotating the bail around to cast. It seems like every time I either have too much line hanging off the tip or the lure jams into the top guide. I have an old Quantum with a trigger that makes it better, but it's about worn out.

 

I'm getting better but I'm still not nearly as accurate3 as I am with a bait caster.

[Fin S]

For years, I used nothing but spinning gear. After switching to a baitcaster a few years ago, I find myself avoiding my spinning gear. In fact, I've probably spent no more than an hour or two fishing spinning gear this year, and when I did fish it, it just felt awkward.

 

I've been thinking about getting a MF Expride as an incentive to use spinning gear more often...

[new2BC4bass]

1 hour ago, Fin S said:

For years, I used nothing but spinning gear. After switching to a baitcaster a few years ago, I find myself avoiding my spinning gear. In fact, I've probably spent no more than an hour or two fishing spinning gear this year, and when I did fish it, it just felt awkward.

 

I've been thinking about getting a MF Expride as an incentive to use spinning gear more often...

Great idea.

 

I am the same except I can't say I've used a spinning rod for an hour any year since getting into baitcast reels with the  exception of last year when I forgot to take a baitcast reel with braid on my Florida vacation.  The sole spinning combo had braid on it so it got used a lot.  On the plus side, I did find out that a Medium power rod with braid will work in lily pads.  Always used a MH before.

 

I am with Elkins45...I hate having to mess with the bail position before opening it.

[Team9nine]

Whatever floats your boat. Opposite for me. Tourney fished for 25 years on our reservoirs and threw baitcast 95% of the time. Spinning was mostly reserved for crappie fishing. Since I stopped tourney fishing, and started mixing in things like Ned and shaky head about a decade ago, some years I’m 80% spinning or better. Things like accuracy, quiet entries, back casting and even skipping just come with practice. Couldn’t imagine not ever bringing spinning outfits on most trips now.

[Jig Man]

I need all of them in my arsenal so I carry 10 setups of each.

[NYWayfarer]

I had similar issues today with accuracy and a spinning setup. I tied on a Rebel Pop-R and I was all over the place with it. Trying to cast to the edge of some lily pads was frustrating. 

[islandbass]

The timing of the mechanics is different. That’s why. Period (my daughter’s been using this word lately and it’s rubbing off on me, lol)
 

They’re both tools and fortunately there are many applications where both are quite adequate and others in which one will outshine the other.

However, the bottom line is that  accuracy is user based 100%, not tool based. If my daughter spoke the previous sentence, she’d have followed it up with, “Period.” ?

 

 

 

 

[Jaderose]

I use which ever tool is suitable for the technique I'm using.

[scaleface]

I seldom use  spinning .

[dodgeguy]

On 9/4/2020 at 8:24 PM, Glaucus said:

Almost all season I've been beating them to death with casting gear. For many years it's been 50/50 casting/spinning since I did 50/50 LMB/SMB. For reasons I've been relegated to LMB waters and have power and power finesse fished, almost entirely casting. In fact today was the first time I'd used spinning gear this season for any other reason than the Ned Rig. I took two rods, casting and spinning, to a pond. I've been fishing Senkos every which way on casting gear but put one on spinning gear so I didn't have to untie a Lipless that was killing it. Dudes, I hit more shoreline trees than I did water (exaggeration). It was unbelievable. Spinning felt like straight trash after going to long minimally using it. My motor skills didn't retain much info on how to pitch with it or cast very accurately. It also felt like a true fairy wand using it for anything but a Ned. I felt like I had none of the control or comfort that a baitcaster provides. I have a strong feeling I'm going to be investing in some baitcast finesse.

I did the same thing. Gave my spinning to my daughter.