More beginner fishing tips needed for my friend and I. We fish our local reservoir (catch/Release) for now, hoping to do some shore/beach fishing when it cools down a bit. Anyway, I’ve have a lightly equipped tackle box with a few lures, weights, bobbers, and a few other stuff or junk Wal-mart thinks you should buy. Now it’s time to string my reel and my rod is a Scout rod with a Shakespear Pro-Am 350 rotating handle? I am confused on what  the gear ratio does? Mine is 3.2:1 and my friend has a 5.2:1.Any tips will be appreciated.

Alex in Tampa