Fishing Terms Guide and Resources Directory

How do we prepare the fishing line?

Fishing line comes in a variety of sizes called pound-test. You must match the pound-test line to the size of rod and reel, the bait you're using, and the fish you are fishing for. Small ultra light spincasting and spinning reels can use up to six pound-test lines. Larger spinning reels can use stronger line. Bait casting reels can use from 6- to 30-pound line, but 8 to 16 pound-test lines are most common. Using heavier line than necessary may reduce the number of bites or strikes
you get, because heavy line is more visible in water.

 

 

 

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