toadiscoil
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Hi all,
My son was curious about fishing and we asked our neighbors because they had some fishing rods on a garage sale. Turned out they are super deep into the hobby, use their boat for fishing and have a collection of fishing toys. I bought a Shakespeare ultra light at Walmart for my son and went fishing with them. They loaned me a rod and I really liked the whole deal even if I didn't catch any fish and my son 4 that time hehe. Then I ended up going to Scheels and bought myself a relatively cheap rod/reel combo, a 6 foot Quantum Optix. After that I have gone fishing one more time with my son and one more by myself. The last time I caught 5 fish!
I have been geeking over YouTube fishing videos and learning about lures, bait setup, knots, casting, etc. I have already picked out my next rod/reel setup I want a Penn Fierce III 4000 with a 7 foot 13 Fishing rod.
I just have one question about casting. I have been doing it by pulling all the way to the back and front, but I have seen videos I should be just flinging the rod, using it like a slingshot. The problem is whenever I try this the line gets twisted and ends up being a real mess or I throw it over to the side and I usually end up losing my line on a tree. I am mostly fishing for small fish using a bobber, a swivel and a snell so I end up with a good piece of line hanging which is what ends up getting tangled up when I cast. If I had a small bass setup with just a plastic worm, a hook and a sinker I think I would not have this issue and this is usually what I have seen on casting videos I have watched. So was looking forward for tips or pointers to a good video how to cast properly using a long line.
Glad to be part of the hobby. I have to admit I don't plan to go all in as I have another "main" hobby of radio control helicopters that consumes most of my time and money although I have to admit I have enjoyed fishing way too much recently. My 5 fish day was a couple hours I took off from work to go fish which is really rare on me.
Cheers,
Javier
My son was curious about fishing and we asked our neighbors because they had some fishing rods on a garage sale. Turned out they are super deep into the hobby, use their boat for fishing and have a collection of fishing toys. I bought a Shakespeare ultra light at Walmart for my son and went fishing with them. They loaned me a rod and I really liked the whole deal even if I didn't catch any fish and my son 4 that time hehe. Then I ended up going to Scheels and bought myself a relatively cheap rod/reel combo, a 6 foot Quantum Optix. After that I have gone fishing one more time with my son and one more by myself. The last time I caught 5 fish!
I have been geeking over YouTube fishing videos and learning about lures, bait setup, knots, casting, etc. I have already picked out my next rod/reel setup I want a Penn Fierce III 4000 with a 7 foot 13 Fishing rod.
I just have one question about casting. I have been doing it by pulling all the way to the back and front, but I have seen videos I should be just flinging the rod, using it like a slingshot. The problem is whenever I try this the line gets twisted and ends up being a real mess or I throw it over to the side and I usually end up losing my line on a tree. I am mostly fishing for small fish using a bobber, a swivel and a snell so I end up with a good piece of line hanging which is what ends up getting tangled up when I cast. If I had a small bass setup with just a plastic worm, a hook and a sinker I think I would not have this issue and this is usually what I have seen on casting videos I have watched. So was looking forward for tips or pointers to a good video how to cast properly using a long line.
Glad to be part of the hobby. I have to admit I don't plan to go all in as I have another "main" hobby of radio control helicopters that consumes most of my time and money although I have to admit I have enjoyed fishing way too much recently. My 5 fish day was a couple hours I took off from work to go fish which is really rare on me.
Cheers,
Javier