Spinning Reels

When I was growing up, there were two major spinning reels that were favored by fisherman. You could be sure that just about everyone had a MITCHELL 300 or a SHAKESPEARE spinning reel. We favored the Mitchell 300 and had about 6 of them. They were a simple reel to use and still are today. However,today things are a lot more complicated! We would mount our Mitchells on a 6'-7' fiberglass spinning rod with 6#-8# monofilament line and away we'd go! Today you have to consider how many ball bearings the reel contains, what size of reel you are comfortable using, what length rod you want to use, is the rod made of graphite or a composite of graphite and fiberglass or boron construction, what are you fishing for, Bass, Crappie or Walleye, do you want to use monofilament line, or any of the many non-stretch lines, are you going to be fishing clear water or cloudy to muddy water. Today's modern fishermen have to many decisions to make for just a casual day outdoors. If all this is too much, go dig or buy some worms and take the kids out fishing, they will love it!