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Spinning reel. To close the bail while cranking or do it by hand? #12738564 05/01/18 09:22 PM
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I recently purchased a couple of Stradic C4+ reels and want to treat them right. I've been fishing for 50 years with spinning reels and I always just reel to close the bail. Have been doing it this way since the 60's with a Garcia 300. Recently, I was told that I should be flipping the bail closed with my hand instead of the reeling in method. I figured, if my 300 stood up for many years, surely the Stradic would also. Any opinions on this

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Originally Posted By: Patrnflyr
I recently purchased a couple of Stradic C4+ reels and want to treat them right. I've been fishing for 50 years with spinning reels and I always just reel to close the bail. Have been doing it this way since the 60's with a Garcia 300. Recently, I was told that I should be flipping the bail closed with my hand instead of the reeling in method. I figured, if my 300 stood up for many years, surely the Stradic would also. Any opinions on this

I'm a reel to close guy myself for nearly 40 years, never could understand why guys manual close it. Some say it eliminates line twist and loops, not sure if I buy that, some say it's to fully engage the line to the spool, not sure.

Re: Spinning reel. To close the bail while cranking or do it by hand? [Re: Patrnflyr] #12739111 05/02/18 02:34 AM
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Manually close it. It helps to prevent line twist.


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Re: Spinning reel. To close the bail while cranking or do it by hand? [Re: Patrnflyr] #12740835 05/03/18 03:23 AM
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When I loan my spinning rod to my cousin, I tell him to manually close it, but he never does and I get over bearing line twists and have to cut some line off. I KEEP TELLING HIM TO DO IT MANUALLY, but he never does. Doing it manually will save you a lot of problems in the future because it reduces line twist, as mentioned above. Hope this helps. Tight lines, keep safe and good luck.

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Re: Spinning reel. To close the bail while cranking or do it by hand? [Re: Patrnflyr] #12740877 05/03/18 04:16 AM
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In one smooth motion manually close the bail and take any slack/loop out of the line.

Re: Spinning reel. To close the bail while cranking or do it by hand? [Re: Patrnflyr] #12741173 05/03/18 01:49 PM
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personally - it depends on the reel -

responsive reels that trigger the bail to close before starting to spin and are fully closed within 1/4 ro 1/2 turn - you don't have to worry about line twist as an issue and can close themselves.

But a LOT of reels on the market (read cheap) - have a lot of play in them and will start to spin (sometimes 2-3 rotations even) before the reel will start to close or close fully - those reels you have to manually close or you risk a lot of line twist.

Re: Spinning reel. To close the bail while cranking or do it by hand? [Re: Patrnflyr] #12761452 05/19/18 01:48 PM
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Manually close myself.

Re: Spinning reel. To close the bail while cranking or do it by hand? [Re: Patrnflyr] #12778354 06/03/18 04:48 AM
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I always manually close it. It seems like I've had less problems with wind loops and line twist since I started doing it that way.

Re: Spinning reel. To close the bail while cranking or do it by hand? [Re: TR176] #12783438 06/07/18 07:00 AM
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Originally Posted By: TR176
In one smooth motion manually close the bail and take any slack/loop out of the line.


THIS^^^^^^^^ Less line twist, eliminates "bird-nests"

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