Freshwater Spinning reel
Spinning reels become popular when Mitchell made the Mitchell 300, this soon became the industry standard for the sports fisherman. Easily cranked, the bail closes automatically as you start to wind in your line. More info below
Spinning Reels
In 1948, the Mitchell Reel Company of Cluses, France introduced the first modern commercially successful spinning reel, with a design that positioned the face of the spool forward in a permanently fixed position below the fishing rod. A mechanical line pickup was used to retrieve the cast line (eventually developed into a wire bail design), and an anti-reverse lever prevented the crank handle from rotating while a fish was pulling line from the spool. Because the line did not have to pull against a rotating spool, much lighter lures could be cast than with a bait casting reel. Conversely, halting the cast and stopping the lure at the desired position requires practice in learning to feather the line with the forefinger as it uncoils from the spool. Most spinning reels operate best with fairly limp, flexible fishing lines.
Though spinning reels do not suffer from backlash, the line can be trapped underneath itself on the spool or even detach from the reel in loose loops of line. Various oscillating spool mechanisms have been introduced over the years in an effort to resolve this problem. Spinning reels also have more problems with twisting of the fishing line. Line twist in spinning reels occurs from the spin of an attached lure, the action of the wire bail against the line when engaged by the crank handle, or even retrieval of line that is under load (spinning reel users normally pump the rod up and down, then retrieve the slack line to stop line twist and stress on internal components). Anglers who use a spinning reel also manually reposition the bail after each cast in order to minimize line twist.
Fixed Spool Reel Operation
Fixed spool reels are cast by opening the bail, grabing the line with the forefinger, and using a backward snap of the rod followed by a forward cast while releasing the line with the forefinger at the same time. On the retrieve, the large rotating wire cage or bail (either manually or trigger-operated) serves as the line pickup, restoring the line to its original position on the spool.
Spin cast reel
The origianal commercial spin cast reels were introduced by the Johnson Reel Company and ZEBCO in 1949. The spin cast reel is an attempt to resolve the problem of backlash found in bait cast designs, while reducing line twist and snare complaints sometimes encountered with traditional spinning reel designs. Just as with the spinning reel, the line is thrown from a fixed spool and can therefore be used with reasonably light lures and baits. The spin cast reel gets ridof the large wire bail and line roller of the spinning reel in favor of one or two simple pickup pins and a metal cup to wind the line on the spool. Traditionally mounted above the rod, the spin cast reel is also fitted with an external nose cone that encloses and protects the fixed spool.
Fixed spool, spin cast reels can cast lighter lures than bait cast reels, although friction of the nose cone against the unspooling line slightly reduces casting distance compared to spinning reels. Spin cast reels in most cases have narrow spools with less line capacity than either bait casting or spinning reels of equivalent size. This tends to reduce line snare issues. Other types of reels, spin cast reels are very often fitted with both anti-reverse crank levers and friction drags, many also have level-wind (oscillating spool) mechanisms. Spin cast reels operate best with limp monofilament lines, it has been known at least one spin cast reel manufacturer installs a thermally fused "superline" into one of its models as standard equipment.
Spin Cast Reel Operation
Pressing a button on the rear of the reel disengages the line pickup, and the button is then released during the forward cast to allow the line to fly off the spool. The button is pressed again to stop the lure at the position desired. Upon cranking the handle, the pickup pin immediately re-engages the line and spools it onto the reel.
Underspin reel
Underspin or Triggerspin reels are spin cast reels were the reel is mounted under a standard spinning rod. With the reel's weight suspended beneath the rod, underspin reels are generally more comfortable to cast and hold for long periods, and the ability to use all standard spinning rods increases its versatility compared to more traditional spin cast reels.
Underspin Reel Operation
A lever or trigger is grasped or rotated (usually by the forefinger) and this action suspends the line in place. During the forward cast, the lever/trigger is released, and the line flies off the fixed spool. When necessary, the lever can be activated once again to stop the lure at a given point in the cast.
