Tony: Thanks.. Now that you mention it, that line does look different from any other I have. It is chartreuse color, but the line that is inside the plastic (or whatever the coating is) is a braided white material... Was silk braided??? Chuck
----- Original Message ----- From: "Anthony Spezio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 5:50 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] Automatic Spring Loaded Fly Reel I bought > You might have a silk line, if so it is worth a lot > more than the reel. I have a friend that buys used > silk lines. > Those reels have broken a lot of rod tips. > They can be "pre loaded" to retrieve quicker. > Tony > > --- "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Folks: I bought a old K-Mart special spring loaded > > "Automatic" Fly reel the other day at a Pawn Shop > > because it was just ten bucks, and has what appears > > to be a new line on it. Any pros??? Cons??? Should I > > just save the new line and put the reel up as a > > collectible???? If anybody does use them, in what > > conditions etc???? This was the first one I'd even > > seen since I was a teenager, so I figured it was a > > bad invention???? Also, is there anyway to retighten > > the spring without having it fly all over the room > > when I take the side cover off. I will reel in the > > whole (Looks to be about 90 ft of line), but is just > > kinda weak in doing so..Thanks in advance.Chuck > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com
