GoBackTrail Fishing Kit Manuale utente
Instrucons for the GoBackTrail Fishing Rod and Reel
Handle
Bail Arm
Drag Knob
Reel Foot
Spool
Line Roller
Guides
Handle
Reel Seat
An-Reverse Switch
The Reel
• Spool
• The Spool is what the shing line is wound around.
• Handle
• When the handle turns, line is forced back into the reel
• The handle can be switched from le handed to right handed
• Bail
• The bail is a metal arm that can stop the line from coming out of the spool
• When “closed”, lile to no line can come out of the spool
• When “open”, line can come out of the spool freely
• Reel Foot
• The reel foot is what rmly connects the rod to the reel
• Drag Knob
• The drab knob allows you to set how easily line can come out of the spool when the bail is closed
• When the knob is “ghtened”, line cannot come out of the spool as easily with the bail closed
• When the knob is “loosened”, line can come out of the spool with greater or lesser degrees of
force applied when the bail is closed
• Line Roller
• The line roller accurately guides the line from the spool to the rod.
• An-Reverse Switch
• The an-reverse switch stops the spool from being able to turn in reverse.
Rod Tip
The Rod
• Rod Tip
• The p is the last 4 inches of the rod and is the thinnest part of the rod to help you feel when a
sh bites
• Cauon: Be aware of where the p of your rod is, as it is the easiest part of the rod to break
• Guides
• Guides are circles that the line passes through and are there to keep the line close to the rod
• Reel Seat
• The reel seat is the part of the pole that the reel foot connects to that secures the reel to the pole
• Handle
• The handle is made of a soer material than the rod, as it is what you will be holding the enre
me your are shing
Step 1: Connect the Reel to the Rod
1. Loosen the reel seat on the rod. Do this by liing up on the small lever on the slide as shown above
2. Make the reel seat big enough so that reel foot can t
3. Place the reel foot into the reel seat
4. Tighten the reel seat by pushing the rear slide forward and push down on the lever.
Reel Seat Slide Lever
Reel Seat Slide
Step 2: Spool the Reel
1. Open the Bail
2. Placed the line around the reel once
3. Tie a standard knot (technically the “Overhand knot”) so that the line is wrapped and ed around the
spool
4. Tie another knot just to make sure
5. Cut the loose piece of line approximately 1/4” away from the reel
6. Close the bail
7. Make sure the an-reverse switch is set so that the spool will only go in one direcon
8. Hold the line about a foot away from the reel. Keep some tension on the line while you reel it in
9. Turn the handle of the reel unl the desired amount of line is on the reel
• The amount of line needed depends on what weight of line you are using.
• Look at the spool and you will see the weight of the line and how many feet the reel will support
Knot Tied
Hold line and turn the handle
Step 3: String the Rod and Add Tackle
1. Grab the p of the line with one hand
2. Open the bail arm with the other hand
3. Place the line through each of the rod guides starng with the boom one.
4. Tie onto the end of the line either a swivel or your favorite tackle
Step 4: Set the Drag Knob
1. Turn the drag knob clockwise to ghten or counterclockwise to loosen
2. Manually pull line from your reel to determine how the drag has been eected
3. Repeat these steps unl the drag is sat at a desirable amount
• It will take experience to determine what to set your drag to
• If you don’t know set the drag on the loose side as seng it too ght can cause the line to break
when reeling in a sh
• Seng the drag should always be done before you start shing. However, you CAN change the
drag while shing. If you realize the drag is too loose ghten it a bit. If it is too ght then loosen it
a bit.
• If the drag is too loose the sh can easily take line out of the reel. The hook will have too lile ten-
sion in the sh’s mouth, allowing the sh to spit the hook out
• If the drag is too ght, the rod will be bending a lot and the sh will not be taking the line out.
4. It is important to note that when reeling in a sh, the sh should be able to take line from the reel (unless
the sh is very small). How ght the drag will be depends on what size of sh you are shing for and what
weight of line your are using.
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