Q&A for How to Cast a Baitcasting Reel

When a bird's nest occurs, pulling the loops that the line gets stuck on to one side or the other and attempting to slowly pull out the mainline will often times fix it.

It depends on conditions. When fishing heavy vegetation cover, it's best to go with 12-15 pond line. If fishing rocks or light vegetation, then use the lightest line you can get away with (typically 6-8 pound).

If you are using top-water lures or live bait you don't, and shouldn't with a jerk bait or crank bait unless its a lighter one. Subsurface soft plastics and live bait such as minnows and crawlers would use sinkers.

The reel brake is the knob on the side with numbers that usually go up to 10. If not, then you have a centrifugal braking system and you'll have to open up the reel face to adjust it.

if you have a flexible rod with something over half an ounce, then you might be able to but that would be very difficult.

First insert the line through the level (if using a bait caster), then tie an arbor knot on the metal part of the reel and the reel in your line counter-clockwise from the spool. Make sure the line is semi tight and leave enough line to seed through the rest of the rod.

You need a baitcasting reel for the best experience. It will help you to catch heavy catches during casts.