On Sun, 3 Apr 2005 08:57:38 -0400, "SoFarrell" wrote:

For live bait fishing, what's your pref? Open or spinning reels? Why?


I haven't had a bait caster since I was a kid. I got tired of untangling the
backlashes, and when I got old enough to buy my own stuff, I went open face.
It's all I've used for a long time and I'm quite happy with it.

I don't like the braided line (8-12 lb) with the open face. It seems to tangle
too easily. I tried it and went back to monofilament. Of course, I've loaded
monofilament in the wrong direction and had tangles with that too. Now I just
let the pro's in the shop do all the work and quit trying to save the dollar
extra that the line might cost.

--
John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."