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Tips for kid using bait caster
Posted on 6/12/14 at 8:57 am
Posted on 6/12/14 at 8:57 am
My son wants to start using a bait casting reel. Any tips on how to make him successful with the least amount of frustration.
Right now he practices by casting into the pool. We put floating rings in the water and he casts at them. We tie on weights, not lures. Some of his friends have started coming over and they turn it into a game.
Right now he practices by casting into the pool. We put floating rings in the water and he casts at them. We tie on weights, not lures. Some of his friends have started coming over and they turn it into a game.
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Posted on 6/12/14 at 8:59 am to A2J
Practice
Thats about all you can do. And cheap line cause you will be cutting it a lot.
Thats about all you can do. And cheap line cause you will be cutting it a lot.
Posted on 6/12/14 at 9:05 am to A2J
You're pretty much doing the right thing already.
Turn the break all the way up until he starts getting real good at avoiding backlash.
What kind of reel is he practicing with? With some you can adjust the counter-balance weights to make it a little more user friendly.
Turn the break all the way up until he starts getting real good at avoiding backlash.
What kind of reel is he practicing with? With some you can adjust the counter-balance weights to make it a little more user friendly.
Posted on 6/12/14 at 9:07 am to DrTyger
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Turn the break all the way up until he starts getting real good at avoiding backlash.
Posted on 6/12/14 at 9:10 am to boom roasted
Just takes practice that's about it, in a couple weeks he'll be fine
Posted on 6/12/14 at 9:12 am to Easternrio
And in a couple of months he'll be Annie Oakley.
Posted on 6/12/14 at 9:20 am to A2J
How old is he?
Posted on 6/12/14 at 9:21 am to A2J
Teach him to fix his own backlash, Dad wouldnt let me cut it. Now I can always get them out, only cut to save time.
Posted on 6/12/14 at 9:45 am to A2J
my son is 10 and has started using a bait caster over the last few months...he still has his trusty Zebco rigged up and one bait caster when we go fishing.
He has gotten pretty good at it but he has practiced a good bit. I help him out as well, but its something that will just require some time.
Here is a pic of my sons first bass with a bait caster..
He has gotten pretty good at it but he has practiced a good bit. I help him out as well, but its something that will just require some time.
Here is a pic of my sons first bass with a bait caster..
This post was edited on 6/12/14 at 9:52 am
Posted on 6/12/14 at 9:48 am to TexasTiger
when i wanted to start using one, my dad put a five gallon bucket, starting at short distances in the yard and until I could consistently ring it he wouldn't let me take it out on the boat. it was frustrating as hell, but at least now i can hit a gnat upside the head from about 30 yds in.
Posted on 6/12/14 at 9:55 am to bamarep
My dad had me and my brother(I was 5, he was 4) in the yard with nuts tied on them, casting for a five gallon bucket. I honestly can't remember when I couldn't throw an open face.
It just takes practice, we would spend hours in the yard, and it was a competition.
It just takes practice, we would spend hours in the yard, and it was a competition.
Posted on 6/12/14 at 9:57 am to rballa19
That was all my dad let me use too. Told me spinning reels were for pussies.
Posted on 6/12/14 at 10:25 am to boom roasted
pull out about 50 feet of line and put some tape on the spool. that will keep the backlashes from getting to big. then practice, practice, practice.
Posted on 6/12/14 at 10:27 am to ReelFun
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pull out about 50 feet of line and put some tape on the spool. that will keep the backlashes from getting to big
good idea
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