Tips On Choosing A Reel - Fishing requires some equipment that you have to prepare before beginning fishing. If you like fishing with modern equipment, you also must be selective in choosing and determining the equipment to get maximum results. However, fishing is not just need luck and skill only but the tool and your equipment is also crucial.
One of the important equipment in fishing is reel. Reel helps you to throw the bait and facilitate you to pull the fish up. In choosing reel, you have to look the capacity and its specification. In this occasion, Ghazuth will tell you about Tips On Choosing A Reel.
Before you buy a reel, please read the tips below :
1. Knowing the fishing reel type
In some types of written reel numbers 1000, 2000, 3000 to 20000 which means the class of the reel. Number 1000 shows that the reel is in 1000gram / 1 kg class. Therefore the reel maximum drag is 1 kg, although not all the same. Drag reel is the ability to resist the pull of the fish. If the fish pull drag exceeds, the reel spool will rotate back and the fishing line will be come out. Drag should not be setting up to the maximum because it can damage the gear on the reel, even you are probably drop down to the sea.
2. Pay attention of reel drag system quality
Drag system on spinning reel is the most important part of the reel itself. The drag function is to give the pressure on the fish that was hooked and arrange the string during the fish fight. The characters of good reel such as : has a smooth drag, nonconstructive. With that, strings wiil come out with a steady. There are two types of drag system in the spinning reel, they are front drag and back drag.Both of them are the drag control location, although each of them has some differents. If you use popping technique, you better use the drag high over 10 kg. It is for prevent the fish get into the coral, because popping spots that will we meet is usually in the coral or stone, either at sea or on the beach.
3. Reel Fishing gear ratio
Gear ratio refers to how many rotation on the spool to make one handle rotation exactly. An example of a 3:1 gear ratio, it means that the spool rotates three times for every time you turn the handle. It is considered a slow reel because not much fishing line taken during the rotation process. The benefit is the roll will give you a bigger portion for fishing the bigger fish. Ratio of 6 : 1 is a high speed rate. But it depend on what fishing you want, slow,medium, or high speed rate. If you just want to buy a reel, you better choose the medium speed type ( 4 – 4.5:1 ). But if you want to buy two reels, you better choose the slow speed and high speed to against every possible situation. For jigging and bottom fishing usually use ratio below 4,9:1, while for popping and casting use ratio over 5 :1.
4. Choosing the reel size
Actually, the reel size must be adapted with the line you that you want to use. Bigger line you use so the bigger reel size you use too. We will give an example for Shimano reel:
- For heavy jigging and popping use the size 12000-20000.
- For light popping, jigging and bottom fishing in the ocean can choose the size of 6000 -10000.
- For fishing on the beach you can use size 5000-8000 or even 10000, customizable with the line fishing you use.
- For lightcasting you can choose the size of 1000-4000, customizable with the line fishing you use.
Those are some tips from Ghazuth about Tips On Choosing A Reel. We hope it will be useful for you all when you want to buy some reels. Good luck for your fishing and keep your helath.
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