I’ll bet I have baitcasting tackle in my hand between 80-and-90-percent of the time I’m fishing. But for that other ten-to-twenty-percent, my spinning rods are invaluable. CHECK THESE OUT NEXT!

There are as many types of fishing reels as there are types of fishing. Big, small, fast, slow, spinning, baitcasting, ...

Today, even mid-priced reels are better than the state-of-the-art models from when I started and the best baitcasting reels—from Abu Garcia, Daiwa, Lew’s, and Shimano—are works of art.