Coot-this is truly a dumb question , how could you bring yourself to do it? You must be so ashamed. I am sitting here trying to apprehend your thought process for such ignorance. I am totally kidding . I use a bait caster for my float rod-free spool it. I see many guys using spin reels and it works for them-I would be interested too. I just wanted to be a jerk and say hey.