spinning reel

Get a medium-sized spinning reel that can hold more than 100 yards of 4- to 6-pound test fishing line.

Under Channel swim rules, he couldn’t touch the boat or another person, so every half-hour Tracy and Roger, Channel swimmers themselves, tossed him provisions tied to a line that ran off a large spinning reel.

He brought a rod and I got out my own and rigged a spinning reel, and had to find my glasses to tie on the bright painted popper.

Then I clamped down on the spool of the spinning reel and backed up until the line snapped.

A medium-sized spinning reel holding more than 100 yards of 6-pound test fishing line will do.