VS bail or no-bail

[Johneeed]

Hi guys..I's new to da board...
I fish all over Cape Cod, and Plum Island, salisbury beach, New hampshire coast and Maine...


In short.... I have and fish both type of systems...

Bail: good for Plugging quick retieve lures and you don't have to fumble with the line...
downfall: poor or weak bail springs cause you a loss of a lure....

Non-Bail: THE BEST FOR LIVE LINING ANY KIND OF LIVE BAIT...
Downfall: like stated eariler...."on the rock, good wind and a nice coat of alage on the rocks...if you need to play with your line....you're going swimming..."

If you hate bails....try a conventional... out casta a spinning reel anyday... But get a good wind in yer face....NICE birdsnest...

Any which way you go, they all have a purpose for how each and everyone of us fish....

and like a##holes.....opinions are the same thing...we all got em...and they all stink...

J.D.

[nightfighter]

I've been out for two outings with new (to me) bail-less reel, about an hour or so each time. It's a muscle memory thing, you pick it up pretty quick.

[Pete_G]

Originally Posted by Johneeed

Hi guys..I's new to da board...
I fish all over Cape Cod, and Plum Island, salisbury beach, New hampshire coast and Maine...


In short.... I have and fish both type of systems...

Bail: good for Plugging quick retieve lures and you don't have to fumble with the line...
downfall: poor or weak bail springs cause you a loss of a lure....

Is the bail flipping over on a VS? I don't recall mine doing that. If it did, I would have already got rid of mine and given a seriously negative review to VS. After I bought my first bailess VS, I sold all my Shimanos for that very reason.

My reel is a prototype, so it's possible it's different from yours, but I don't think so. If the bail is flipping over on a VS something is wrong, I'd give them a call and consider sending it back.