Tony,
refresh my memory. I remember when I had the auto reel, the OM said to take
the tension off of the mainspring during storage to keep the metal from
fatiguing and the spring losing strength. I have seen a few for sale that the
spring had little tension when fully wound up, and the left hand had to be a
'helper hand' to retrieve line or a fish.
DonO
----- Original Message -----
From: Anthony Spezio
To: [email protected]
Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2010 9:35 AM
Subject: Re: [VFB] Automatic fly reels
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.
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