So why aren't we all using this kind of equipment for everyday fishing? The
modern open faced spinning reel is an offshoot of the center pin reel. Some
center pin reels even pivot so casting is just like using a spinning reel.
In the eastern part of Canada, there are no center pin reels.

It's plain to see that your social skills are lacking so I won't try to
explain to your narrow little self-centered mind that from different parts
of the world, there are different languages and common everyday items have
different names.

When I said conservation officer it was to explain that I was "Agent de
Conservation Auxiliaire" on a territory called a "Zone d'Exploitation
Contrôlée". I had jurisdiction to make sure that provincial and federal
rules and regulations were respected on that territory. The "ZEC" I worked
is the "ZEC Martin-Valin". You can find it on the internet. My job was to
sell "fishing passes (droits de pêche), fishing licences, give fishing
information (rules, regulations, tips on where to go and what to use) and
sometimes site people for infractions. I was also hired as a biologist.
And I was also hired to protect the environnement and the wildlife. "ZECs"
are run and managed by non-profit organizations such as fishing
associations. People from all walks of life and from everywhere came to
fish, hunt, camp, canoe etc. Some tourists came from Europe and the U.S.
All of them had special names for certain pieces of equipment.

Don't bother answering....I have blocked any further postings from you.


"Sam Salmon" wrote in message
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On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 12:18:16 -0500, "smiles"
wrote:

Au contraire salmon guy. I worked for many years as a conservation
officer
on a territory that offers fishing.
Good for you!

I often worked at the main gate where on some weekends, over 4
thousand people would pass.
Did all that traffic give you a sore neck?

I got lots of questions.
Good for you-and good for your mental accuity.

To most people, "float fishing" is using an ordinary rod and reel
combination and a small float for panfish.
Whoever you mean by 'most people' they are certainly not
Sportfishermen-more like city newbies out for a weekend.
I grew up using bait fished under a float for Pike, Walleye,
Smallmouth and anything else that would eat a minnow but never once
called it 'float fishing' nor did I hear anyone use that phrase.

To others, "float fishing" is fishing from a contraption mainly
comprised of inflatable bags of air so
the fisherman is sitting in it while his feet dangle into the water
underneath.
That's called 'Tube Fishing' not float fishing.
Using the logic you're trying to employ sitting in a boat could be
called 'float fishing'-it isn't never has been/never will be.


Many people consider bait casting reels as "single action reels"
That is a complete falsehood-bait casters are sometimes called
'multipliers' but never 'single action'-where do you get this crap
from-are you drunk?


while others consider "center pin reels" as open faced spinning reels.
More falsehoods of the dumbest and most transparent variety-will you
stop you are embarrassing yourself.

I know that you can cast from a center pin reel but I would not want
to use it for long distance surf casting.
That's not what you said before-you stated that casting with a
centrepin wasn't possible-why the change?
And Australian have used centrepins to Surfcast for decades-do a
search on Alvey reels and educate yourself.

Once you get one of those single action reels spinning, they won't stop
and tangles are a mess.
How would you know-have you ever used one?
I told you I see them in use all the time on rivers here did you check
the links you were given?
Why do you think that once a spool is moving it can't be stopped-how
do you stop your car-have you ever heard of a brake?
Centrepins have them too!!!

If the original poster had mentioned that it was for river fishing
for steelhead or
salmon, I would not have asked for more details.

If you weren't in such a hurry to flaunt your ignorance you wouldn't
have to lie to cover your sorry ass.
BTW-taking tickets at a Provincial Park is a long way from being a
CO-shuffling paper isn't fishing experience.