I didn't want to drift the computerized reel thread, but I am curious.
My experience with baitcasters is limited to a handful of hours hucking gigantic musky lures up in Ontario. I have witnessed but not experienced the dreaded backlash. The thumb control seemed pretty instinctive for me, I guess, or it could be that the momentum of a flying yule log kept the line tight enough not to snarl, and/or I'm lucky!
Anyhoo...while I keep a couple baitcasting setups up there, I don't actually know why. As in, what can a baitcaster do that a large spinning reel can't?
When I'm casting a spinning reel for accuracy (like probing shorelines and rockpiles for smallmouth), I fine control distance with the line between my left thumb and forefinger to control where it lands.
Is the baitcaster just to make that control one handed?
My experience with baitcasters is limited to a handful of hours hucking gigantic musky lures up in Ontario. I have witnessed but not experienced the dreaded backlash. The thumb control seemed pretty instinctive for me, I guess, or it could be that the momentum of a flying yule log kept the line tight enough not to snarl, and/or I'm lucky!
Anyhoo...while I keep a couple baitcasting setups up there, I don't actually know why. As in, what can a baitcaster do that a large spinning reel can't?
When I'm casting a spinning reel for accuracy (like probing shorelines and rockpiles for smallmouth), I fine control distance with the line between my left thumb and forefinger to control where it lands.
Is the baitcaster just to make that control one handed?