Great video, been looking all over for something like this as my son has just got into fishing whilst on holiday. Thank you, all the best for the future.
Love the idea of this! I've hand lined in the ocean off of a sailboat but not with such a nice well thought out setup. Great idea to always have some fishing gear with you.
Just purchased today! Any tips for respooling the line? New to fishing. I can’t wait to try with this. If you could make a video doing that would be great.
Awesome, thanks! We have an old (bad) video on this that will be replaced sometime this year, but for now this will give you the basic guidance you need to respool: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Zza7AJiyPtM.html&t
@@rollingtrolling2991 Yes 6lb or 4lb will work well, though we chose 8lb as standard becasue we felt it was the most versatile option. My recommendation would be to start by tying a lighter weight line on as a leader, which will keep you from needing to respool the whole reel. Regardless, you'll need a bit of weight on the line to cast it (see our fly fising video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-U0vyIB_ITvE.html). Hope this helps!
I use an old spincast reel in my hand to fish without a rod the cast techniques are the same you just have to push the button to release the line before casting is easier and the retrieval is faster and I have a drag system you should try it out is very fun
It's less of a problem than is is on mechanical reels. Line is fed straight onto the reel from the line hand, and with no mechanical gearing line twisting is significantly reduced. If line does get twisted, it can usually be straightened out by gently running it through pinched fingers
The 3/16 oz size are the ones included in our Streamer Kits. Also, for reference, the storage area in the handle is 7/8" diameter by ~2.75" long, so anything smaller than that should fit as well
Never hurt my hands with my daggerfish. The problem I face is sound of my hand rubbing against wet line. Squeaks louder than my ex boyfriend. I know it’s causing problems because I’ve watched the small fish flee when it happens, vs when it doesn’t. Light Gloves prevent this (and help keep a hold of fish when I work the hook out) but if you ware something that has pads on the outside, it will snag on your gloves from time to time. The only other problem I have with a the hand reel is that it gets tangled easily and badly. Might just be me being inexperienced; but I spend more time having to redo my tackle than fishing some days. I have stopped trying to untangle, even if I know I could untangle it.
