Monday, July 4, 2011

Happy Fourth of July! Happy Birthday America!

Whoopee!  Whaahoo!  Happy Fourth to All!  < It is fun to celebrate, this is a one of the better reasons to celebrate >

This morning started out with a nice early sunrise shower.  It came on suddenly and what woke me was the sound of the water dripping off the roof.  Hey, it's raining!  Since we are 'officially' into our Monsoon season, it is compelling evidence to confirm that fact.   Besides when it comes at the appropriate amounts and rate, it is all good.  Given our current drought conditions, this helps to keep things reasonable.  Hopefully, we will get a suitable amount for this season. 

Yesterday morning I also got an early start.  I decided to re-examine and re-assess a couple of my lesser quality reels.  I wanted to determine just why I had labeled them as such and also figure out the significance of the lower quality as it applied to my fishing experience.  Let me say up front that it was a fun time out at the river catching all those various species of fish.  Now that I've figured out the successful bait pattern and size.  So it was really the actual utility and experience that I was prepared to asses. 

There actually may be something to these larger diameter spools for the spinning reels.  I purchased one as part of a combination when I was seeking out an Ice fishing rig.  Yeah, ironic for down here in SE AZ. It has a larger diameter arbor that has a shallow width. 

It is claimed the larger diameter produces larger coils which lead to smoother casts and less twisting.  I found that the larger diameter was helpful with minimizing the twisting.  While I didn't have so many stored loops, I did find that the line was more than happy to come off the spool so it was important to keep tension on the line during the retrieve.  This is not much difference than other spinning reels.  The casting went reasonably well as long as you didn't try to drive it too hard.  If you tried to cast it too enthusiastically the line would slap on the pole and spoil the cast. 

So overall I'm not that convinced that the larger spool makes that much of a difference.  At this time I'm more than happy with the current configuration using the really light superlines. 

The small spincast reel was a walk down memory lane.  I started fishing using a spincast reel.  Caught many using them.  However, when you've experienced improved casting of other reels it is hard to go back.  Fortunately angling the river doesn't require long distance casting, it just requires a delicate touch along with accuracy. 

So in retrospect it was really fun and a bit quirky.  The eagerness of the fish to cooperate made it easy to overlook the quirky operations of these two rigs.  I'm happy to say that it is good to have alternatives.  Still nice to have quality equipment to use. 

I did manage to catch more catfish and LMBs this time out.  Although those green sunfish are always good on the line too.  On my previous trip there I managed to catch a catfish that had a previous hook in it.  Yes, I caught him again and returned him back to the water for another go.  Given the early amounts of rain, there was a touch more water in the river but not that much more. 

Hopefully, the schedule will allow for another visit soon. 

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