Baitcasting Reels

Would i be able to put a baitcasting reel on my rod?

I have a Berkely Lighting rod and i am thinking about getting a baitcasting reel but am not sure if i can put one on my rod. PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!

School Nurse and John M are totally correct.(Thumbs up!)

You CAN do it, but you eliminate your casting distance by 40-50%.

And the "spine" of a spinning rod is designed to bend a certain way. If you continuously bend it in the other direction eventually it will break or one of your guides will pop off.

And like John M mentioned, the guides on a spinning outfit are distanced OFF the rod blank to help spinning reels get that extra distance in casting.

It just doesn't work well.

Would you try to put bicycle wheels on a skate board?

Walmart has dirt cheap bait-casting rods ,(Berkley Cherry wood/Shakespeare), that will:

a. HELP you learn how to cast a baitcaster correctly- (I can't imagine how HARD it would be to learn how to cast a BCer using a spinning rod!!!)

No to mention the fact, if you decide to use a spinning rod on your BCer you are telling every fisherman that see's you that you are an idiot.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.....

Good luck!

(PS- School Nurse- You got it. It's called a trigger. I think my wife calls "something else" a trigger dilly.....(lol)....Thumbs to ya'll.)

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