How to Hold a Bait Caster
- 1). Press and hold the free-spool button on your reel, then hold the spool properly down with your thumb. Then grip the fishing rod so that the Bait master reel is aligned sideways.
- 2). Grip the fishing rod so that the Bait master reel is aligned sideways.
- 3). Move the pole into casting position while still gripping the free-spool button and holding the reel with your thumb.
- 4). Begin your cast, making sure to release thumb pressure on the reel halfway into your movement.
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