I am a rookie on the use of the PUM,googled YouTube to no avail.I am assuming
You cast as normal & then place the line around the PUM to reel in? I assume it is preferred compared to a regular bail,quieter for sure? Any benefits or not?
There are fewer moving parts than a bail. The bail mechanism is usually the first thing to malfunction from wear, especially in extreme conditions (e.g. salt, sand, grit, dunking).
It depends on what you're used to. Either way, you need to develop muscle memory to go through the cast-retrieve process without much thinking about it so you can concentrate on the important stuff.
Steve is the technique I tried to describe correct?Place the line behind the pum to reel,I know it's
A no brainer just have to ask,I usually flip the bail by hand on modern spinners so the mechanics
Will be natural with time :d
Hard to explain, but easy to do.
Personally, I extend the index finger on the right hand, turn the handle until the rotor brings the line and pick-up to the top so the line touches the index finger. Slide the line off the pick-up with index finger and cast.
To retrieve, the line is trapped by index finger and bought up to the rod grip, the handle is turned until I feel the pick-up hit the line.
The line is slipped under the pick-up and retrieve is continued.
It's all done by feel so I don't have to look down.
:al great explanation,I am sure I will like it!
What holds the line in the roller? I'd imagine it's fine as long as the line is under tension
You're right the line needs to have tension on it in order to stay on the PUM roller on a Penn Spinfisher or any other reel with the same configuration. But the purpose of the PUM as I understand it is to facilitate fast repeated casts and retrieves of lures without the possibility of a bail closure during a cast causing a break-off. If you're doing that you have tension on the line anytime it's on the roller.
If you look at the line roller assembly on a Luxor 3L-A (and a Crack 200 also I believe) you'll see a wire guide under the line roller to keep the line in close proximity to the roller. To go bail less on those reels the bail wire is removed without cutting or damaging the parts so it can easily be re-installed.
Yup. I bought a used MG 306 once and was ignorant of the need for rotor stop after flipping the bail. Something in there must have been broken or missing cause I would get sudden bail closure in the middle of the cast, several times breaking the line and losing my terminal rig/lure.