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OK so there must be a bit of skill needed. I went out this morning to wally world and bought a shakespere baitcasting SPK 2000 reel , a Med Hvy Berkley 7' pole. 20 pound test. Came home put line on the spool and headed out to try catch a few cats.
Set up my other rods then baited the new one and first cast ...Bad backlash.. got that straight ....second cast ........backlash.........third .....backlash....fourth ...well you get the picture. Needless to say I spend the majority of my day learning to cast. I have gotten alot better but 3 out of five cast have some degree of backlash. Is there some thing I am doing wrong. I am keeping my thumb on the spool and I set the reel up according to the instructions. Are all the baitcasting conventional reels ABU, Penn's the same way or is it because I have a wally world Shakespere ?
I have no problems catching cats with my spinning reels but I really want a baitcasting type set up for hooking up with the big boy's. Any one have any tips ?
Thanks in advance .
Louie
Set up my other rods then baited the new one and first cast ...Bad backlash.. got that straight ....second cast ........backlash.........third .....backlash....fourth ...well you get the picture. Needless to say I spend the majority of my day learning to cast. I have gotten alot better but 3 out of five cast have some degree of backlash. Is there some thing I am doing wrong. I am keeping my thumb on the spool and I set the reel up according to the instructions. Are all the baitcasting conventional reels ABU, Penn's the same way or is it because I have a wally world Shakespere ?
I have no problems catching cats with my spinning reels but I really want a baitcasting type set up for hooking up with the big boy's. Any one have any tips ?
Thanks in advance .
Louie