what is a belly-reel? (for fishing)?
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When the fish is so large you are being pulled through the water and won't turn loose of the reel.
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If you're fishing on a flowing stream or river, cast upstream and allow the lure to float down before you start reeling it in. It always seemed to work for me when I did it that way...
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Go to the Florida Sportsman Magazine web address and see where you can pick up Vic Dunaway's book on Baits & Rigs. His book is outstanding, and will teach you all the basic's & THEN SOME! Want to learn how to tie a "Bimini-twist"? IT's IN there! Go check it out!
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a fly, a worm, a grub, a minnow.....\nwhat?\nwhat are you fishing for? what kind of fish?
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12 lb black drum.  yes, yes.\n\nMost interesting/fun - was fishing for crappie.  Zebco 33 (the newer, cheaper ones), 10 lb line, #6 hook with 2" minnow.  Big splash behind me and my girlfriend sighs "We'll never catch any crappie with that Muskie working the area."  I was new to fishing and did not know what a "Muskie" was.\n\nI spun around in my seat (we were in a little rowboat) and said "I'll just catch him and get him out of the way.  Cast about 100 ft, right onto the circles (must've hit him in the head) He took the bait, right down to the bottom.  I figured I'd pulled a log off a shelf and got snagged.  He wouldn't move.  I finally got him in (he was only 24") Was the funnest catch ever I think.  \n\nShe had grown up fishing these lakes and never had caught a muskie.  The whole time we dated after that, I called muskie "The fish-per-cast fish."  I think they're actually called the fish of a thousand casts.......!
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Lord yes i have a ultra light rig set up, mainly for bream fishing. bream is a pan fish which will get up to about 1 1/2 lbs. best eating fish there is . but to catch it one is like catching a shark. they are the best fighting fish there is.i have a ice fishing rod about 18inches long with a ultra light spinner on it. i carry it on my bike or truck. i see a decent place to fish i stop. i like it when the place is full of snakes because that is where you catch your big ones. wanna go with me lol.
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I prefer spinning--the reel with a bail.  There are also bait casting or level wind and spin casting reels(Zebco 33 is a good example).\n\nIf you have never fished before, you might want to start out with a spin cast reel.  The are the least likely to give you problems.
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AuSable River is the one I've fished the most, and from what I've heard it is defenatley the most popular. It's like any other stream, good and bad spots and days. It's also tricky to wade at first. Slippry, and can go from ankle deep to chest deep very quickly, but it's worth it. For more info, go to the link below, it's a little bit about the river from a great fly shop. Their casting clinic and BBQ in the summer is also a lot of fun.
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Shimano and Daiwa are still #1, followed by Quantum,Pflueger,Abu Garcia,Browning,and then Bass Pro Shops brand, and Cabelas brand.\n\n     If I were you, and I was looking for an inexpensive BC reel I would probably look into buying either a "Bass Pro Shops Mega Tournament"(which is $50) or a "low-end" Cabelas Brand reel. Looking at your question, I think you may be wanting to ask "What is a good SPIN-cast reel"? \n\n     In that regard, I would have to say the Daiwa "Procaster" ($24.99) would work well or any $20-30 "Zebco" reel. Match it with an "Ugly Stik" and you've got a good low-end combo.\n\nHowever, Shimano reels are fantastic and rarely have any mechanical trouble. They are expensive($99-400 dollars) but you can have them a "life-time". If you are really interested in buying a reel, get a Bass Pro Shop catalog and a Cabelas catalog. They are free, just go to there web-site and order one.
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What you use for crappie and panfish sounds good to me.  Are you talking about white bass?  Or those hybrid stripers?  A 1/4 oz sounds good for those too.
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Diawa ugly stick with an openface spin cast reel.  But make sure it's the 6 foot pole and the Green Limited series.
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FISHING, also called ANGLING, is the sport of catching fish, freshwater or saltwater, typically with rod, line, and hook. Like hunting, fishing originated as a means of providing food for survival.\n\nFishing as a sport, however, is of considerable antiquity. An Egyptian angling scene of about 2000 BC shows figures fishing with rod and line and with nets. A Chinese account of about the 4th century BC refers to fishing with a silk line, a hook made from a needle, and a bamboo rod, with cooked rice as bait. References to fishing are also found in ancient Greek, Assyrian, Roman, and Jewish writings.\n\nToday, fishing, often called sport fishing to distinguish it from commercial fishing, is, despite the growth of towns and the increase of pollution in many sources, one of man's principal relaxations and is, in many countries, the most popular participant sport.\n\nThe problems of the modern angler are still those of his ancestor: where to find fish, how to approach them, and what sort of bait to use. The angler must understand wind and weather. Fishing remains what it has always been, a problem in applied natural history.\n\nThe history of angling is in large part the history of tackle, as the equipment for fishing is called. One of man's earliest tools was the predecessor of the fishhook, a gorge: a piece of wood, bone, or stone an inch or so in length, pointed at both ends and secured off-center to the line. The gorge was covered with some kind of bait. When a fish swallowed the gorge, a pull on the line wedged it across the gullet of the fish, which could then be pulled in.\n\nWith the coming of the use of metals, a hook was one of the first tools made. This was attached to a handline of animal or vegetable material, a method that is efficient only when used from a boat. The practice of attaching the line in turn to a rod, at first probably a stick or tree branch, made it possible to fish from the bank or shore and even to reach over vegetation bordering the water.\n\nFor thousands of years, the fishing rod remained short, not more than a few feet in length. The earliest reference to a longer, jointed rod is from Roman times, about the 4th century AD. At that time also, Aelian wrote of Macedonians catching trout on artificial flies and described how each fly was dressed (made). The rod they used was only 6 feet (1.8 metres) long and the line the same length, so that the method used was probably dapping, gently laying the bait on the surface of the water.
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Ask the people at the site below (Tel No' on left side as you scroll down), they seem to specialise in Bob Church fishing equipment\n\nhttp://www.bosfish.co.uk/PRODUCTS/BRANDS/Bob%20Church.htm
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I read your question and I can't answer it.  But I wanted you to know that my BEST ANSWER percentage is up to 12% now. Thank you for inspiring me when we last "spoke".\nI'll write again in January.... bye bye.\n\nTWO DAYS LATER... I'm going to venture an answer, even though I never go fishing.   First cut the old line off the reel spool with a razor blade.  30 seconds work.  THEN attach a small eletric motor from an old kitchen mixer, or power drill with a slow speed.  Attach the motor shaft to the reel's winding shaft with a flexible rubber hose to prevent vibration and direct contact.\nStart the motor on a slow speed, occupy yourself with another task while keeping an eye on the finished winding.  VOILA!  you can save the old motor for the next line changing....\nGood luck.
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Rocket fishing rod\n\nhttp://rocketfishing.tv/
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My advice would be buy a Sihmanno reel. Just looked at them in Cabella's the other day. Plus I had three all with a high speed retrieve. SS ball bearings. Last years with proper care.
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If your using terminal takle go with wax worms.\n\nIf you want to through lures use a 1/8 oz. Wordens Rooster tail; jigs tipped with wax worms work really well. \n\nThere is a jig put out by GRIZZLY JIG COMPANY, http://www.grizzlyjig.com/html/grizzly_jigs.html, O strongly recommend them. The rigging method for  these is easy. Take a crappie rod or any ultralight is fine, and put on a slip bobber. Set the depth at three feet attach two jigs, one at the bottom and another at 2 feet.  Cast to where you want it an dlet it go to work . These usally get hit on the sinking motion so it is easier if you are on a dock or using a crappie rod or in a boat.