Line won’t cast
Mar 8, 2021 18:36:42 #
I’m new as they come! Anyway I managed to set up my rod and tie on weights and lures. When I go to cast the reel will not engage? Is this something to do with the way I have set up the rod? Also it’s so windy when I try to set my rod up but the pier,is there a possible way I can do this indoors and it will be ready for me when I arrive?
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by Defiant_Chocolate928
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by Defiant_Chocolate928
Mar 8, 2021 19:54:29 #
What do you mean the reel wont engage? Is it a spinning reel or baitcaster? If its spinning reel, is the bail open? If its not...the line cant come off the spool. Sounds like what you’re describing.
Mar 9, 2021 10:24:49 #
Post a picture of your set-up and someone will be able to diagnose. Better, take your rig back to where you bought it and ask for help.
Mar 9, 2021 13:27:52 #
Sounds like you didn’t put the line under the bail.
If this is the case , don’t feel alone in the world. I’ve done it and it pisses me off every time
If this is the case , don’t feel alone in the world. I’ve done it and it pisses me off every time
Mar 9, 2021 14:04:22 #
Mar 9, 2021 16:20:55 #
Mar 9, 2021 17:35:58 #
If theline were laying on top of the bail, it would unspool like crazy wouldnt it? Hell, you wouldn’t even be able to carry the rod without it unspooling. If its under the bail like it’s supposed to be ,and he doesn’t open it, line wont budge....sounds like what he’s describing.
Mar 9, 2021 20:31:25 #
This has got to be some kind of joke. OP has 51k posts. Can’t be that new to fishing
Mar 9, 2021 22:03:01 #
CptHook wrote:
This has got to be some kind of joke. OP has 51k posts. Can’t be that new to fishing
No. The the FS has 51k posts. Not the poster... this subject has been discussed before...just say’n 🐟on
Mar 9, 2021 22:06:08 #
Ben Bragg wrote:
Sounds like you didn’t put the line under the bail.
If this is the case , don’t feel alone in the world. I’ve done it and it pisses me off every time
If this is the case , don’t feel alone in the world. I’ve done it and it pisses me off every time
Yeah, or like when you have everything tied on and get ready to cast and now you missed going through one of the eyes🤬🤬🤬😜😂🤣🐟on
Mar 10, 2021 05:50:53 #
DozerDave wrote:
Yeah, or like when you have everything tied on and get ready to cast and now you missed going through one of the eyes🤬🤬🤬😜😂🤣🐟on
Yep
Mar 10, 2021 07:49:06 #
CptHook wrote:
This has got to be some kind of joke. OP has 51k posts. Can’t be that new to fishing
If he posted 51 thousand times...he wouldn’t have time to fish.
Mar 10, 2021 09:04:21 #
Danger25 wrote:
If he posted 51 thousand times...he wouldn’t have time to fish.
Very true. Sorry, I’m new here too and don’t know what’s going on lol.
Mar 10, 2021 13:14:41 #
I've had similar troubles with a closed face reel like the zebcos. They work great at first but after I put
new line on one it will cast out about 15 ft or so and the line with stop coming out of the reel.
I pull more line out to loosen it but the same thing happens on the next cast. Sometimes a dip in the water
will help, my Dad sez it goes on the reel the same way it came off the spool.
I seem to get it twisted, so I would use a snap swivel and hook that
to something and walk away and pay out the line as I go to un-twist the line. This helps for awhile. Always
happens with mono. So I switched to an open face reel and braided line with no memory.
Now some of my reels are so old they need to be taken apart and cleaned and re-lubed. Just faster to get
another one. So now I have a collection. Now that I'm retired may be I'll start cleaning and lubing them
between fishing trips of coarse.
Azdude
new line on one it will cast out about 15 ft or so and the line with stop coming out of the reel.
I pull more line out to loosen it but the same thing happens on the next cast. Sometimes a dip in the water
will help, my Dad sez it goes on the reel the same way it came off the spool.
I seem to get it twisted, so I would use a snap swivel and hook that
to something and walk away and pay out the line as I go to un-twist the line. This helps for awhile. Always
happens with mono. So I switched to an open face reel and braided line with no memory.
Now some of my reels are so old they need to be taken apart and cleaned and re-lubed. Just faster to get
another one. So now I have a collection. Now that I'm retired may be I'll start cleaning and lubing them
between fishing trips of coarse.
Azdude
Mar 11, 2021 18:54:46 #
GSMJr
Loc: SoCal> Pflugerville (Austin), TX
CptHook wrote:
This has got to be some kind of joke. OP has 51k posts. Can’t be that new to fishing
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