why would anyone bother with a baitcasting reel for freshwater ?

Bob La Londe wrote:
"Ken Fortenberry" wrote in message
m...
Dan, danl, Redbeard uh Greybeard now wrote:
"duty-honor-country" wrote:
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ps- my spinning reel is a Shimano 4000 that handles up to 12 lb. line.
I see absolutely no advantage to a baitcaster using 12 pound line in
comparison, and a lot of aggravation from backlash tangles with the
latter. ...

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Two, from your rantings I would place you in the troll catigory...The
real poor skills, semi-intelegent dweeb type troll. I do not have to
put forth anything more than your rantings to prove this point, you
have done all the work for me. ...

Damn man, that's harsh. Mr. d-h-c sounds to me like an
opinionated old cuss looking for an argument. Kinda like
a lot of fishermen I know. Usenet isn't very conducive to
the kind of arguments that would seem perfectly OK when
seated next to someone at the bar quaffing a brew. I'm
willing to give Mr. d-h-c the benefit of the doubt and
if I disagreed with him I'd argue it with him with a good
nature and my tongue in cheek. But I tried to cast with my
Dad's old Ambasseuder 5000 and never could get the hang of
the damn thing, so I basically agree with Mr. d-h-c. 1/2 :-)

Never had a 5000, but we had a bunch of 5000D models for catfishing and they
were great. They could crank a catfish out of hole like a Warn winch
pulling a Volkswagon out of a ditch. We could also cast them pretty
accurately for distance when we took the time to adjust them for the weight
of the lure used. I bet I could even pitch with one, but I'm not sure why I
would want to. The size is the big hold up on that reel. Give me a low
profile baitcasting reel anyday of the week for that.

For the overhand guys... you can snap cast with a spinning rig too. You are
not limited to big overhand casts. I side armed and did a variation of a
circle cast with a spinning rod that I taught myself as a kid. It was the
only way to get that precise placement I needed to drop spinners and spoons
along weed edges when I was walking the Gila River.


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Bob La Londe
www.YumaBassMan.com



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Ken Fortenberry


exactly !! Fish a small stream in the thick woods and brush- you can
forget overhead casting- it's all sidearm, and pulling loose line out
to toss. good post