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Well I'm not sure how well I can communicate this via typing, but lets say the fish are shallow and you are using 14' poles with only 4' of line out from the tip. So you catch a fish and lift your pole up and of course the pole bows some but the fish is still say 8' from you being able to get a hold of it. So now you have to let some line out in order to get the fish close enough to you to take it off of the line. With a spinning reel most people just grab the line and pull against the drag in order to get enough line out to access the fish. But with a small bait caster all you have to do is place your thumb on the release and the spool at the same time and then only apply enough pressure as to let the fish down to take it off, much quicker, smoother and easier than dragging line off of the drag on a spinning reel. Also the same principle works when setting your lines out at the right depth. So let say your using 14' rods and you're going to fish 6' deep and you are using say a 1 ounce weight. What we do is mark our rods with colored tape measuring from the tip down to say 4' and put a piece of say blue tape, then come down another 2' and put piece of say green tape, come down another 2' and put a piece of yellow tape, and continue doing this down the rod to say 12'. Now all you have to do is put you bait on then crank it up some and then hold the rod up and with your thumb on the spool and press the release simultaneously allowing the line and bottom bait to fall down to the appropriate colored tape, in this case it would be the green one, engage the reel and set it in the holder and it's at the right depth. It's so much easier for me that I changed all of my spinning reels out to bait casters. I think I found some on sale at Academy once for about $15 each. If by chance you still want to use spinning reels, which is fine too, I might have some I'll sell you, I'm not sure how many I may have still though.Originally Posted by jphogfan21
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