I have not typed any thing in this site in a while but this thread needs a answer

I learned to fish for trout in small streams with spinning rods as a kid with two grandfathers, also flyfishing. I can cast in to small pockets of water behind trees and logjams and around corners, ever under brush hanging over the bank. casting rods were for trolling from boats becouse no one can cast with the damm things. it was not until i moved to texas and bass fishing that i even concidered buying a casting reel. I tried to learn that thing for two months and then threw it in a box. I still have it and only use it for trolling for trout with down riggers.

It was not until i moved here three years ago that i started using a casting rod for salmon that i learned to use the damm things. its still hard but iam pretty good with them if i have it set right and thats the key to sucess with casting reels.

its a matter of what you grew up with and what are you doing with it. I would never fish spoons with any thing but a spinning rod,. I am just not good enough with a casting reel to do it. and any one that thinks a spinning rod is easy to master is dead wrong , its just easy to learn, not master.