Wayne, You brought out something that others might not know. A lot of the older reels had the small plate on the spool that could be removed to add weight in the spool to balance the rod. When I was making a heavy Glass or Graphite rod for a client, I would ask to send the reel they would be using on the rod. If it would not balance, I would add weight in the butt end of the blank before gluing the butt cap on. Tony
--- On Thu, 8/19/10, Wayne Blake-Hedges <[email protected]> wrote: From: Wayne Blake-Hedges <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [VFB] Automatic fly reels To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, August 19, 2010, 10:46 AM Hi Tony & Allen; Thanks, never thought about that happening! I've always used them on 8wt and up fiberglass rods and not sure how easy it would be to break the tip on them but never wound one up that fast. I also fought fish with my line hand never expecting the reel to help at all. Fortunately the burns in my stipping finger healed fairly quickly from the one really big fish I caught doing this. After that, I gave up using autos and went to multipliers and big, heavy single action reels(pflueger 1498 with lead shot in center of spool)to balance my heavy glass rods. Wayne --- On Thu, 8/19/10, Anthony Spezio <[email protected]> wrote: From: Anthony Spezio <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [VFB] Automatic fly reels To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, August 19, 2010, 11:35 AM When retrieving the line and coming to the end ,especially when the leader comes through the tip top. The line speeds up enough to form a loop that wraps on the tip of the rod and "snap" the tip off. In the bamboo and early glass days, it was something that happened a lot when retrieving the line at the end of the fishing day, it would be retrieved fast without thinking . You had to just "tap" the lever when retrieving the line so that it would come in slow. These reels were nutritious for jambing up if any dirt got onto them. If they did, the line could not be wrapped on the spool. When taking them apart to clean them, the retrieve spring would come out and "bite" you if you were not careful.. I have taken several apart and getting the spring back was a chore. Tony --- On Thu, 8/19/10, Allan Fish <[email protected]> wrote: From: Allan Fish <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [VFB] Automatic fly reels To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, August 19, 2010, 10:14 AM > Hi Tony; > > What do you mean by "tip breakers"??? If you are lucky enough to hook a really big fish, it will pull the line out till the automatic spring is fully wound up. Then everything locks up. since they don't have slip clutches in them. That really big fish just keeps on heading down the pike and breaks the tip off your rod. Tony's right on. That's why I said "automatic reel" and "big fish" was an oxymoron. They're mutually incompatible. a. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com
