Which Are The Best Reels?

Edmond Dantes wrote in message
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spinfishermen, wow,

Imbecile.

Wolfgang
**** you wolfenberry. I guess if I said your daughter were pretty,
you'd say "**** you and the skanky whore".

Nah, if you said my daughter is pretty I'd simply observe that you're a
moron.

Its people like you that give this
place a stench. so, once again "****you asshole".

Dumbass.

and my apologies to
the rest of the group.

Idiot.

Edmond Dantes

Fictional idiot.

Wolfgang
seems like old times, ainna?

On Oct 16, 3:06 pm, "Wolfgang" wrote:
seems like old times, ainna?

I dunno. Why, back in the old days, these young whippersnappers had
some respect for process. A minor misunderstanding, a few caustic
remarks, then a prolonged flame war. Nowadays, seems they go straight
from hello to sociopath in just a few posts. What's the world coming
to, eh?

Joe F.

"rb608" wrote in message
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On Oct 16, 3:06 pm, "Wolfgang" wrote:
seems like old times, ainna?

I dunno. Why, back in the old days, these young whippersnappers had
some respect for process. A minor misunderstanding, a few caustic
remarks, then a prolonged flame war. Nowadays, seems they go straight
from hello to sociopath in just a few posts. What's the world coming
to, eh?

It's the schools. They just don't spend enough time on the core curriculum
anymore.

Wolfgang

On Tue, 16 Oct 2007 10:43:11 -0500, Wolfgang wrote:


"ray" wrote in message
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I'm pretty much into 'cheap' myself. I don't see the point in a $50 fly
reel - what does it really do?

Depends on what you're doing with it. If, for example, you are pursuing
tarpon, a fifty dollar fly reel will be useful for starting fires......well,
one fire, anyway.

Wolfgang

I don't fish for tarpon. For your average freshwater fisherperson pursuing
mostly trout and an occasional bass - what's the point?

"ray" wrote in message
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On Tue, 16 Oct 2007 10:43:11 -0500, Wolfgang wrote:


"ray" wrote in message
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I'm pretty much into 'cheap' myself. I don't see the point in a $50 fly
reel - what does it really do?

Depends on what you're doing with it. If, for example, you are pursuing
tarpon, a fifty dollar fly reel will be useful for starting
fires......well,
one fire, anyway.

Wolfgang

I don't fish for tarpon.

It occurs to me that if you were to provide us with a comprehensive list of
all the species you don't fish for we could simplify this process and save a
lot of time.

For your average freshwater fisherperson pursuing
mostly trout and an occasional bass - what's the point?

Hm.......

I think I'll defer to your average freshwater fisherperson pursuing mostly
trout and an occasional bass on this one.

Wolfgang
who, although experience suggests it is a complete waste of time and
expectation, still aspires to achieving the golden mean someday.

On Tue, 16 Oct 2007 09:32:02 -0600, ray wrote:

On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 23:06:55 +0000, Julie wrote:

In article . com,
wrote:

Abu, Daiwa, Shimano, which is the best?They each have their pluses
and they each have their minuses. It's really a case of you pays your
money and you makes your choice! Each make of reel has it's devotees,
who swear by what they use themselves, even though sometimes they know
there are weak points, that could be improved upon. I even saw one
post to a forum, where a certain make of reel had a 'clicky' handle.
The devotee to this reel cured this problem by forcing some fishing
line into the gap to cure the problem. He then went on to say how
pleased he was with the reel.Albert.BWebmaster http://fishingcave.com

THey all suck for fly fishing.wtf drug are you on? Personally I am
impressed with the sage 1600.

I'm pretty much into 'cheap' myself. I don't see the point in a $50 fly
reel - what does it really do?

Er, all make decent FFing reels and at least Abu and Daiwa make
perfectly adequate "line holder" reels that can be had for under $50USD
even with the current weak dollar. I don't know about Shimano making
inexpensive reels, but they do make some decent FFing reels (well over
$50.00, even with a record-strong dollar), as does Daiwa. I have both a
mid-to-upper range (from about 10 years ago) Daiwa and a Shimano and
while I'd not say they were "go-to" reels _for me_, they are certainly
model competitive against similar offerings from more
well-known-in-the-US makers. IIRC, Peter Charles has at least one Daiwa
reel that he holds (or at least held) in fairly high regard. AFAIK,
none of the above are manufacturer-marketed in the US. And in any case,
good ol' Albert B. can still take some caulk, carpet tacks, the reels
and his tackle and shove the whole mess up his spammin' ass...

R

On Wed, 17 Oct 2007 07:47:37 -0500, Wolfgang wrote:


"ray" wrote in message
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On Tue, 16 Oct 2007 10:43:11 -0500, Wolfgang wrote:


"ray" wrote in message
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I'm pretty much into 'cheap' myself. I don't see the point in a $50 fly
reel - what does it really do?

Depends on what you're doing with it. If, for example, you are pursuing
tarpon, a fifty dollar fly reel will be useful for starting
fires......well,
one fire, anyway.

Wolfgang

I don't fish for tarpon.

It occurs to me that if you were to provide us with a comprehensive list of
all the species you don't fish for we could simplify this process and save a
lot of time.

I live in Idaho - I fish for trout. Possibly some day I'll be interested
in steelhead or salmon - right now, mostly rainbow and cutthroat - the
occasional brown or brook.


For your average freshwater fisherperson pursuing
mostly trout and an occasional bass - what's the point?

Hm.......

I think I'll defer to your average freshwater fisherperson pursuing mostly
trout and an occasional bass on this one.

Wolfgang
who, although experience suggests it is a complete waste of time and
expectation, still aspires to achieving the golden mean someday.

"ray" wrote in message
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I live in Idaho - I fish for trout. Possibly some day I'll be interested
in steelhead or salmon - right now, mostly rainbow and cutthroat - the
occasional brown or brook.

For the time being, you should be able to get by with a $46 reel.

Wolfgang
who wishes all newbies were this easy to help......then we could move on to
a discussion of the best knot for attaching leader to fly line.

Wolfgang wrote:

For the time being, you should be able to get by with a $46 reel.

I can't believe you'd tell him that. We all know that no
self-respecting fly angler would be caught dead using a reel that costs
less than $47.99.

Wolfgang
who wishes all newbies were this easy to help......then we could move on to
a discussion of the best knot for attaching leader to fly line.

That's an easy one: The Gordian Knot.


Chuck Vance

"Conan The Librarian" wrote in message
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Wolfgang wrote:

For the time being, you should be able to get by with a $46 reel.

I can't believe you'd tell him that. We all know that no
self-respecting fly angler would be caught dead using a reel that costs
less than $47.99.

The reel itself is $46. It's the self-respect that accounts for the
remaining $1.99.

Wolfgang
who wishes all newbies were this easy to help......then we could move on
to a discussion of the best knot for attaching leader to fly line.

That's an easy one: The Gordian Knot.

I prefer "Johnson's Improved Gordian"®.

Wolfgang
hey, Timmay! you still got that picture?