BUSHCRAFT SPINNING REEL AND ROD SOLO OVERNIGHT CATCH AND ROAST FISH ON SPIT
So I decided to make the reel and rod all natural this time. There is a learning curve mastering casting with my design. At the end of the night I got several nice long cast. I had two things against me. First the rod is fresh green wood. So it s not stiff enough the first days to throw far. I noticed this in my previous rods too, after a few days it dries out and get much more spine which makes for much better cast. This rod worked great and I had a nice catch. I will bring it out again and we shall see the improved power of the rod. And two: I only had a couple of light weight lures with me. Need maybe 10 more grams and it will respond better to the rod and line. I was not sure if to call this a spinning rig or a baitcaster reel. In fact it s a spinning reel when casting and a baitcaster reel when reeling in. So spinning, baitcaster hybrid was too long for the title lol. The reel itself was a super nice improvement over my previous reels I built here on the channel. One: it was super fast to
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