In the last 20 years or so bait casters have changed a lot. You can use heavier line, you

can use heavier baits, and you can throw them further. I'm going to give you a few tips

today on how to be able to use your bait casters more effectively. One of the first things

you're going to when you get your bait caster is set the tension knob. That knob sits on

usually on the right hand side on a right handed crank reel. Basically what you want

it to do is when you push the button in you want the bait to barely fall, you want it

to just barely come off. When you have that set perfectly you will be able to make a cast

without a birds nest. Bait casting reels are a little bit different when you throw them

and you of the things I've noticed is you've seen the shovels the ergonomic shovels they're

bent in a certain way. Well same is true with a bait casting reel. What you want to do is

you want to be able to have that reel facing just about parallel to the ground like this

to be able to make a good cast. When you make that cast you're going to turn that reel sideways

to be able to make a good cast. Try to cast it as high as you can so when you make that

cast you want to make it so you got it really high in the air then as you get better you

start bringing it down and that's where your accuracy will come in. The more you use a

bait caster you'll find there is something's that will really help you and one is utilizing

your thumb to be able to feather the spool. When you do that you will be able to make

the distance you want to make but will also be a lot more accurate. You can stop the bait

by using your thumb but also by just laying it on the reel will allow that thing to just

go off a lot smoother no matter if it's a heavy bait or a light bait. As you get better

with a bait caster you'll find out that your tension knob that you tightened up early when

you first learned how to do it you can loosen that up a little bit because you using that

thumb to be able to feather your line off of your spool. When you do that you get better

longer casts and you're much more accurate. Learning how to use a bait caster will make

you a better angler and one of the things you'll find out is the more you use it the

better you will get. I hope you can use these tips we can give you at Wired2Fish to make

you a better caster.