Thread: New fly line

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

Moa hunter...I have used the same reel forever and cant fault them.... you learn from get go to space line with fingers as you wind it in.....same as any reel,garden hose or D8 winch rope they all jam if you dont. as for the drag bit.....set and forget. if you want more drag lift the rod higher so line drags on rings,less point it at fish,too tight of drag has lost many fish and snapped leaders because of it...cant ever say I could blame the reel for loosing a fish...my cockups.log jams,planets un aligned,etc etc but not the reel.... we use the bigger version for trolling a lead line behind the boat......sure makes playing a fish more sporting than using spinning rod and egg beater.
different strokes for different folks I guess.
have an old old procaster fly rod in shed and it is a beauty to cast with,despite the low price tag.

MD I do understand what you have written. I have an Olympic reel my 'gear room' that I don't use anymore. I have lost fish up to at a guess 16 lb from crazy runs with that reel that it cant cope with. Went to a wide arbour reel - problem solved. I fish with basically no drag set - just enough to stop an over-run when stripping. If a fish is in the weeds or round a snag there is resistance and any drag is too much. Now what happens when a fish is hooked near the lift point of a long cast upstream when there is a pile of line in your hand or on the water ?. At that point there is a lot of furious winding and back peddling to get the fish 'on the reel' with no time to dally with how the line lays on. Then said fish makes a scorching run until it gets to the jam and it is released prematurely ...