Automatic Reels

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On Mon, 22 Aug 2005 20:08:20 GMT, "Peter A. Collin"
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riverman wrote:

have a fly fishing friend who has only one arm. He uses automatic
reels - for salmon and steelhead as well. He uses a pumping action to
bring them in, holding the line under his finger while drawing back on
the rod, then releasing the line, squeezing the lever, and lowering the

rod to gain line. He does well with it. Another reel he got is called

a Franco Verelli. It has a cam lever that rotates the reel when it is
squeezed. The advantage to that one is that it does have an adjustable

drag.

Peter Collin


How does he land and unhook them? Can he manage that one-handed, or
does he always fish with a buddy?

--riverman


He beaches them when alone.

Does he CnR? If so, maybe he ought to just face the fact that there are
certain things he is no longer able to do, pardon the pun,
single-handed.

Hm.....

The evidence presented demonstrates conclusively that there are certain
things Peter's friend IS still able to do single-handed......unless, for
reasons unknown to me, there is reason to discount Peter's testimony. We
may certainly (and probably safely) infer that certain activities (say, a
career as a cellist, for example) are closed to a one-armed man, but
successfully catching and releasing salmon would not appear to be among
them.

Wolfgang
and then there's that whole murdering doctors' wives career choice......but
that's a whole 'nother show.