How to Set Up Your Fishing Pole and What to Do with It!

I am a woman who loves to fish. I wasn't born with a pole in my hand, but I grew up in a small town where there was nothing but a lake and a post office. You do the math!

I fish as often as possible, but I do not claim to know everything. In fact, I am always learning new things about fishing and I love that. Previous articles I have published, that may be of interest to you (my dear reader) include Enjoy Fishing Without Risking Your Feminity, Advice for Women Who Want To Fish, and 7 Ways to Have Even More Fun Fishing!

Fishing and hunting are two things often considered a man's sport. Many women who fish often depend on the man to set up their poles, bait their hook, and take off their fish. As references in Advice for Women Who Want to Fish this is awful. If you are going to drive a car, you should know how to pump your own gas. If you are going to fish, you should know how to do it all yourself.

My first lesson to offer those women who truly do want to fish, and learn how to do it, is to set up your own pole. Once you own your own bait and tackle, you should have all the equipment and should know how to use it!

No matter what you are fishing with, you first want to thread the line through your pole. In my opinion, open reeled poles are the best, but many women prefer closed reels. (Closed reels you push a button, open reels you flip a bar over your line.) Once the line is threaded through all of the holes, you can start by choosing what you are fishing for and what you will use.

Let's say you want to tight-line fish and you want to increase your chances of catching a fish by using more than one hook. First, you want to tie some sinkers onto the bottom of your line. Do not confuse your sinkers with your split shots!

If you are fishing in a river or lake and you want to cast out into deeper water so you should use one or two sinkers at the end of your line. Here is where most women run into their first obstacle... the knot.