I hate spinning gear

[ska4fun]

I came from a surfcasting background, using spinning reels all the time. But migrated fully to baitcasting and can't bear using them, because of the subpar accuracy and control. Of course, there are those who boast about having baitcasting-level accuracy, with them. Usually just empty bragging.

[Chris Catignani]

13 minutes ago, throttleplate said:

True, take a baseball pitcher, some pitchers can throw a great slider and others cant, others can get strikeouts with a better changup, fastball or a great curve.

The pitchers that can throw all 4 pitches and get outs make 50 million dollars a year while the others make 3 to 10 million a year. Which one are you?

I have migrated to bait casting more and more through the years. I have about 16 rods and reels 10 are spinning and 6 are baitcasting. I do a lot of light tackle fishing.

[Team9nine]

15 hours ago, Koz said:

 

Has anyone else eliminated spinning gear from their daily arsenal?

Just the opposite for me. I tourney fished for nearly 25 years, and probably used baitcasters 95 percent of that time. Now days, I’m probably 80 percent spinning, especially if you include all the multi-species stuff in addition to bass. Yeah, you can go the BFS route, but that’s like fly fishing to me. Glad to hear your attitude is going to improve though  ? jk

[A-Jay]

I hate haters of spinning gear.

A-Jay

[roadwarrior]

I like both pretty much equally. To be specific, power fishing = baitcasting gear,

finesse = spinning gear. I am mostly a finesse fisherman, so spinning equipment

comes into play probably 80% of the time.  

 

Interestingly, I have more baitcasting rigs than spinning because of my strong

preference for technique specific rods. One rig for jerkbaits, one for the A-Rig,

two for topwater,  three for crankbaits and four for weighted soft plastics and jigs. 

I try to rotate around so my stuff doesn't get upset with me, but I only carry one rig

for pond fishing and usually four on the boat. 

[schplurg]

Spinning reels are the ones where the spool doesn't actually spin, correct? And baitcasters cast bait, which is something a spinning reel can also do, and actually do spin? 

 

Are there casting reels that aren't for casting bait? I'm so confused.

[bulldog1935]

@schplurg

In Britain, our spinning reel is a fixed-spool reel, our baitcaster is an American-style spinning reel, and their spinning reel looks like this, but it's really a baitcaster. 

Probably why Scotch is a drink and not a person, who is Scot. 

Oh, and Edinburg is pronounced Edinborough. 

 

[thunderblack]

I love spinning gear. There...I said it.

[JMac603]

I've grown to hate baitcasters...can we yell at each other and start trading insults?! 

[Deleted account]

Two tools each with a time and a place, no need for love or hate in either direction. 

[LrgmouthShad]

I think it was when I was watching Taku Ito in this year’s classic fish a spinning rig that I understood that a spinning rig has every right to stand alongside a baitcaster. 

[Boomstick]

I never really hate spinning gear, but there are days I hate finesse baits when I snag everything in site and have to re-tie on a leader and a new dropshot or whatever I'm fishing.

But then there are days I don't snag anything and catch 15 fish on it and I remember why I use it.

[TnRiver46]

On 8/27/2022 at 11:39 PM, Columbia Craw said:

Once I adopted using a quality braid on my spinning reels, spinning has become so much more effective and efficient that I can’t conceive not using it. 

I’m the opposite, had to take braid off my spinning reels to enjoy it 

[padlin]

Day 2 of trying to learn the baitcaster... Accurate? not at all, but as I'm in the middle of the pond I can't miss the water. Biggest catch on the BC was a little over 2lbs, I got a small birds nest and after clearing it found there was a decent fish on the line Yoo Hoo!

 

Only had maybe 6 small bird nests in 4 hrs, easy to clear. After remembering to keep my elbows in and NOT try overhead, I did fine, hit the water every time.

 

Brought a ML spinning setup with me for when I get frustrated. Landing fish is more fun with the ML then the MH.

 

 

[JMac603]

43 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

I’m the opposite, had to take braid off my spinning reels to enjoy it 

I'm somewhere between you two depending on the day HAHA

[Bankc]

I hate spinning gear.  I have no accuracy with them.  But they sure do cast light lures well.  So I tend to keep one or two with me.  But I'm never excited to use them.  

[Koz]

57 minutes ago, Bankc said:

I hate spinning gear.  I have no accuracy with them.  But they sure do cast light lures well.  So I tend to keep one or two with me.  But I'm never excited to use them.  

 

Brother!

 

[QED]

I find using 2-4 lb test line on a UL spinning rig for bass fishing is really exhilarating in appropriate venues.  Winching in bass on super heavy gear holds no interest for me at all.

[galyonj]

17 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

I’m the opposite, had to take braid off my spinning reels to enjoy it 

 

I'm not gonna kinkshame you for loving line twist, bro. It's okay.

[QUAKEnSHAKE]

18 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

I’m the opposite, had to take braid off my spinning reels to enjoy it 

 

53 minutes ago, galyonj said:

 

I'm not gonna kinkshame you for loving line twist, bro. It's okay.

?a slinky a slinky for fun its a wonderful toy?

[ChrisD46]

Proper spooling of line going on a spinning reel , switching to 3000 series spinning reels , 6:2:1 gear spinning reels , #10 lb. to #15 lb. braid and a large number of leader choices makes spinning set ups a deadly tool for bass that were unheard of 20 years ago .

[Cgolf]

The only thing I have never understood is the accuracy argument. I am equally accurate with both and can thumb the spool or feather the line to drop the bait where I want.

 

The reason I am a huge fan of spinning gear is I fish a lot of vertical cover and spinning gear allows for a light bait to drop straight down very easily. If the bait were to pendulum away from the cover, I would catch a lot less fish. I could see an argument that it is easier to thumb a baitcaster vs feathering the line on a spinning reel for some to control distance accuracy. It all comes down to what you are comfortable with and what fits the fishing situation. 

 

This is a little like a discussion about scent, I don't think anyone is going to change their opinion.

[thunderblack]

19 hours ago, QED said:

I find using 2-4 lb test line on a UL spinning rig for bass fishing is really exhilarating in appropriate venues.  Winching in bass on super heavy gear holds no interest for me at all.

I fished UL almost all season just for fun this yr when I had a chance to get out. What a fun way to catch bass. This is also the same reason I do not prefer casters. I like the fight on spinning gear way more. 

[mrpao]

I have probably the same amount of combos in both spinning and casting. I enjoy them both. But catching a decent fish on light spinning gear is way more fun than just winching them in on casting gear. Since I only fish for fun, it's more challenging to use light line and smaller gear.

Plus i never understood why some say that spinning gear is less accurate. I'm about the same with both but find skipping with spinning gear is way easier. I dont have to worry about backlashes if I hit a dock or pontoon. 

To each their own. But I like both casting and spinning. It's a tool for a job at hand.

[bulldog1935]

On 8/28/2022 at 1:04 PM, Team9nine said:

...Yeah, you can go the BFS route, but that’s like fly fishing to me. Glad to hear your attitude is going to improve though  ? jk

 

This is one of the more accurate observations on the thread. 

When you get to long BFS rods and extreme light lures, it makes fly fishing obsolete for all but moving water. 

Throwing a 3 g plug to 130' exceeds the distance capability of a fly rod, presents just as soft with much less effort.  Fighting fish on the long, light, progressive rod is Just Like fighting fish on a fly rod.  No winch on super heavy gear is involved. 

 

@Koz I think you provided a venue for lovers of light spinning tackle to backlash against the onslaught of BFS on BR.