Reel Question:(Get it?) Why do you guys use baitcasters? I would consider myself a High Journeyman, not yet Master, fisherman and do everything from fly fishing small water, bass in ponds and rivers, to bait fishing for trout and cats on occasion.( I like to sit on my ass once in a while) I generally get out 40 times a year.
All that said, I never use baitcasting reels. All spin and fly.
Please educate me on their advantages.
Thanks,
FWIW I have and use a couple of fly reels, several spin reels, the odd couple of spincasters, a sidecaster and a few baitcasters. Each has their place. I particularly like a baitcaster for accuracy: putting spinnerbaits and poppers in among snags where fish like to wait in ambush. You can flick them in, stopping the line just where you want to drop the lure - right up against a snag.
