Fishing reels and especially baitcasters have gotten a lot of popularity recently despite being thought of harder to use, mainly due to the speed of the line release compared to other types of reel, such as spincasting reels.

Knowing how to put fishing line onto a baitcasting fishing reel though is often an altogether new challenge for you.

Spooling a baitcasting reel is certainly a requitement as you are likely to have to do this when you first get your fishing reel and of course you are more than likely to be in a situation where you need to do this on a fishing trip. However, it isn\'t overly difficult if you follow these simple steps below.

To start with, you will need to make sure you have or buy some suitable fishing line to spool. The type of line is up to you and more importantly what you are fishing although in a lot of cases 10lb test line will be best. With that said, if you are trying to catch larger fish then be sure to use a stronger line or you may be left with no fish and no line left either!

Although its a bit too rigid to get this done when on a fishing trip, a simple trick to make it simpler is to soak the line first in hot water for around 30 minutes and it helps to prevent the line getting knotted so much as the curl will be a lot looser. This is worth trying if you experience any issues doing it, but be sure to let it dry first.

Feed the the end that isnt on the spool of the fishing line through the fishing rod eyes that you can see on the rod - these appear to be small metal circles. Start at the tip where the guide should be smaller than the others. You should notice they get larger at the other end. Keep on threading through the guides until you reach the reel end of the rod.

When complete, wrap the line around the spool once and tie a knot in it. This is used to start rewinding the line onto the spool. Place the new fishing line on the floor as you dont need to hold it now. While you are standing place the tip of the rod so it is close the the new line which you put on the floor - This means the rod is now facing the ground. Try to close the distance between the new line and rod tip as much as possible.

Turn the fishing reel handle so it loads the new fishing line onto the reel spool and keep going until it is full. When you are done, simply cut the line at the rod tip and you\'ve now spooled a baitcaisting reel.