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Does a spinning rod effect a baitcast reel?

if i have a baitcast reel, but a spinning rod (with the bigger first guide) does it get effected in any seriously negative way?

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1. Other than making you look like a total newbie, if you hook onto a big enough fish with that "upside down" rod, it will just snap it in half. PROOF : My dim witted sister's boyfriend went fishing with me one day. He uses his spinning reel and rod "upside down". He snagged into a limb or tree or something and pulled back. Snapped the rod right in half. He got mad, and like a dumbass, threw the reel in too. Several months later I found the reel again and put it in my old building.
2. Charlie is right. The guides will be upside down. A spinning rod has the guides down for best performance. A bait casting rod has the guides on top for best performance. Theres the reason.
3. yea, you would get laughed at pretty hard. Just don't do it the only thing that would be effected would be your self esteem.
4. casting will improve and overall handling will be better with a baitcasting rod matching your line/lure weight. nothing seriously negative other than spinning rods are generally lighter and softer than BC rods. you could break it trying to cast even a medium sized lure.
5. Its Hokey,,, the smaller first hole is supposed to be inline with the baitcaster to help guide the line, probably doesnt effect it too much but like I said,,, its a hokey dokey job you got goin on...
6. Hmm... So what about a SURF ROD with a conventional reel? Seems like nobody even gave that a thought...
7. Well, I don't really want to bust anybody's balls here, (Especially BW Charlie's) but the rod won't be upside down. A baitcaster reel is run on top, so the guides are on top, while a spinning reel hangs down and thus the guides are on the bottom. I did get a good laugh at the answers though. Anyway, a baitcasting rod usually has 6-10 guides to facilitate the straightest most consistent possible release of line, and the rod helps "load" the reel. While a spinning rod only has 5 or six guides to cause the least amount of friction to the line as it is cast out, it still does a sufficient job of "loading" the reel to get casting distance. Just make sure the rod is of a sufficient weight for the lure you are casting. There is absolutely NO detriment to using a baitcast reel on a spinning rod other than a little reduction in casting distance and sometimes that little thumb/forefinger grip thingy (if equipped) might get in your way. I use baitcasting reels on spinning rods all the time when I am fishing out of my canoe because I don't need the backbone of a baitcasting rod because the canoe helps me fight the fish. Thanks for the laugh guys, and I'd slow down on the "newbie" jokes there. LOL Jamie http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NevadaAnglers/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LasVegasCanoeclub/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sincitypaddlers/