First Fly Rod, Reel and line Questions??

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IMO, large-arbor reels acquired with the large arbor being the primary
characteristic sought are for those who know exactly why they _want_
them. There's nothing wrong with getting a reel that one likes that
happens to be a large-arbor, but that doesn't mean that one can "defend"
having it from a practical standpoint on the basis of it being a
large-arbor reel. For most FFers, and a great deal of FFing, the arbor
size is simply not material.

TC,
R

Actually, I've always thought of large arbor reels as a means of getting
people who already have perfectly functionable reels to buy more reels in a
saturated market.

This feeling was reinforced when I started seeing mid arbor reels.

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On 8 Mar 2006 17:05:57 GMT, Scott Seidman
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This feeling was reinforced when I started seeing mid arbor reels.

Brilliant! And, as a NCer would say, hilarious.

d;o)

On 8 Mar 2006 17:05:57 GMT, Scott Seidman
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wrote in news:jevt02d2gihh8ac0296943tq2o3fo6toos@
4ax.com:

IMO, large-arbor reels acquired with the large arbor being the primary
characteristic sought are for those who know exactly why they _want_
them. There's nothing wrong with getting a reel that one likes that
happens to be a large-arbor, but that doesn't mean that one can "defend"
having it from a practical standpoint on the basis of it being a
large-arbor reel. For most FFers, and a great deal of FFing, the arbor
size is simply not material.

TC,
R

Actually, I've always thought of large arbor reels as a means of getting
people who already have perfectly functionable reels to buy more reels in a
saturated market.

This feeling was reinforced when I started seeing mid arbor reels.

For those who know why they want a particular arbor size and want a
balance of backing capacity and retrieval speed, assuming equal overall
size as compared to "large-" and "small-" arbored reels, they could make
sense. But otherwise, you pretty well mirror my remark reels
designed to sell.

As for most anglers and quarry, the arbor size really isn't material, be
it large, small, or "mid." Heck, for many, they could do away with the
backing all together, at least from a "line used" standpoint. How many
have (regularly, even occasionally) been into the backing on average
trout, bass, panfish, and other freshwater quarry?

And on small waters and quarry, one could do away with the reel,
whatever size the arbor. How many use the reel in fighting and/or
landing (small) quarry?

TC,
R

wrote in news:6o5u02hpc1uc1elmuqm38psu84kgda1h0n@
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As for most anglers and quarry, the arbor size really isn't material,

Very early into this pastime, I saw some anglers chatting streamside, and
it looked like they were on their way out. I asked them if it were OK to
wade in there, and one of them asked "how much backing do you have?", and
I answered "Don't know, never seen it".

Of course, different story for some other kinds of fishing, where it might
be wise to get all the backing you can onto the reel.

I routinely try to fight fish on the reel, although 98% of the time its not
necessary. If it's habit, I'm less likely to screw up the fight of a
lifetime.


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