Spinning reels. Close with handle or hand?

[Skunk City]

By hand.

[briansnat]

Originally Posted by icebadger

spinning reels were designed to be closed by turning the handle.however it does help prevent wind knots and its quieter by hand,i'm not sure if there is any ill effects to the spring or bail.some makes and designs are more prone to wind knots so tripping them by hand helps.the shimnano spriex 2000s are notorious for wind knots and that damn quick flip trigger is a p.i.t.a as well.

Love my Spirexes and the Quickfire trigger. I have six and bought them specifically because of them. Of my 22 freshwater spinning reels, 20 have the Quickfire trigger (only my two UL rods with Pfleuger Presidents don't have them). I like the one hand casting. I get wind knots now and then but they are rare enough that they aren't a huge issue. Making sure there is no slack in the line when reeling goes a long way. I know some people like the instant anti reverse that modern reels have, but I grew up with the old Garcia/Mitchell 300 and always fished them without anti reverse on because of the noise the anti reverse made on old reels. My hand is the anti reverse.