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• Tips
• Warnings

1 Pay attention to which direction the drum handle rotates. Take the empty reel in the way it will be positioned on the rod and turn the handle as if you were winding the line. Pay attention to the direction of rotation of the handle. Thus, the line will be wound on a reel; in the opposite direction, the reel will unwind when casting the spinning rod.

• Spinning reels are mounted at the bottom of the rod, not at the top, as on a backcasting reel or a lure casting reel. To properly attach the reel to the rod, you need to wrap the fingers of the throwing hand around the mounting bar in the place where it will be convenient for you to wind the reel with the other hand.

2 Pay attention to which direction the line is wound around the bobbin. You can position the bobbin so that the line unwinds in the same direction that the spool handle turns when you rotate it, in other words, so that it unwinds from the bobbin in the same direction that it winds around the spool.

3 Tie the end of the line onto the spool. Use either a marine knot or a universal knot.

• If you like, you can pull the line through the guides before attaching the reel to the rod.

4 Start winding the line around the reel spool. Turn the handle slowly with your winding hand. You can apply more force by passing the line between the fingers of the throwing hand, or by slightly raising the rod if the reel is already attached to it, or both.

• If you are winding the spool yourself, place the bobbin flat on the floor and wind the line around the spool.
• If you are with an assistant, ask them to thread the pencil or plug through the bobbin, keeping it parallel to the direction of the spool spool. The helper can put a finger on the bobbin, creating additional stress on the line.

5 After turning the handle several times, check the line for twisting. If you wind the line of the spool in the same way as it unwinds from the spool, then there should be no twists. However, to avoid twists, the line should sag. If the line is twisted, it will begin to unwind from the spool. Then you will need to remove the line, turn the bobbin and start all over again.

6 Wind the line onto the reel spool up to 3 mm from its edge. There may be a strip or mark on the spool to help you determine if you've wound enough.

• If you do not fill the reel enough, the throws will be shorter due to the fact that the line will rub against the top edge of the reel spool.
• If you overfill the reel, the line, when it gets wet, can soak in water and slip past the flange, causing it to become tangled when thrown.

7 Cut the line from the bobbin when finished. If you don't plan on fishing right away, you can wrap a rubber band around the spool to secure the line.

Tips

• The above instructions apply to a backcasting reel as well as a spinning reel. The main difference is that (most) backcasting reels are attached above the rod and the line is placed on the reel using a series of pins spread out around the edges of a metal cover that covers the reel spool.
• If you can, purchase several spools with different line thicknesses for your spool. This will change the line to a lighter, thinner line when fishing in clear water and a heavy, thick line when fishing in muddy water with algae and other plants.
• Some anglers prefer to fill most of the starting line with cheap line, and use more expensive monofilament or fluorocarbon line for the last 50 meters. Most anglers fill the reel from the start with monofilament line, although some use braided nylon line.
• You can prevent the line from twisting by tying the swivel to the end of the line. Some lures have a built-in swivel. You can also use the lockable swivel when fishing with artificial lures, lures or wobblers. (Although some bait models provide for the line to be tied directly to them).
• You can unwind the twisted line by pulling it in the water behind the boat and detaching any hooks, baits or baits.

Warnings

• The terms "throwing arm" and "reeling arm" are used because most fishermen use a spinning reel to cast and reel with different hands. (The handle on the reel is located on the left-hand side for right-handers; for left-handers, this handle is located on the right-hand side.) Not all fishermen do this.