Backreeling Instead of Line Counters?
This thought just occurred to me.
Sometimes when vertical casting I will drop it to the bottom and count cranks on the reel to get to a desired depth. Say 30 feet of water, fish are suspending at 20, my reel picks up 2ft per crank, 5 cranks will get you close.
Wouldn't the same concept work for trolling with spinning reels? Flip the reverse and backreel until the desired amount of line is let out?
Of course you would not have the accuracy of line counters, but it allows me to use the spinning reels that I already have, and is better than just guessing.
