1 wt reel

On Sat, 15 Mar 2008 22:09:55 -0400, Dennis
wrote:

any one know of a good 1 wt reel to pair up with a 8'6 1 wt rod

Hardy Flyweight HEL060N, 50 year old design, a mere 2.75oz unloaded, click
drag. Of course, now that the dollar has been pounded half-way to hell, it'll
be a pricey little bastid at £229.

As would a Hardy Bougle MKVI HER901, a derivatuve of the classic Perfect, very
handsome but almost an ounce heavier and even more pricey at £349.

Perhaps an Abel Creek #1, a pretty little thing with click drag, overly shiney
finish (imo), around 3.8 ounce weight, and a not quite as obscene price tag of
$300.

Alternatively, an Orvis CFO-1, a middle-weight at 3.25 ounces, a bit larger,
an overkill disk drag, but for *a lot* fewer dollars at $179. And it's not bad
to look at, either.

Or their Battenkill Bar Stock I, with a disk drag, 3.2 ounce weight, and even
cheaper at $90...

/daytripper

any one know of a good 1 wt reel to pair up with a 8'6 1 wt rod


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Alternatively, an Orvis CFO-1, a middle-weight at 3.25 ounces, a bit larger,
an overkill disk drag, but for *a lot* fewer dollars at $179. And it's not
bad
to look at, either.
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I own this one and it is preety good and durable
Paired w an Orvis 1 wt rod
The little I use it now
I still have it almost 20 yrs


Fred

daytripper wrote:
On Sat, 15 Mar 2008 22:09:55 -0400, Dennis
wrote:

any one know of a good 1 wt reel to pair up with a 8'6 1 wt rod

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Alternatively, an Orvis CFO-1, a middle-weight at 3.25 ounces, a bit
larger, an overkill disk drag, but for *a lot* fewer dollars at $179.
And it's not bad to look at, either.

Or their Battenkill Bar Stock I, with a disk drag, 3.2 ounce weight,
and even cheaper at $90...

I have one of each for my 2 and 3wt rods and like 'em both. The CFO has a
great look, feel, and sound, but the BBS is probably the best
bang-for-the-buck reel of the two.
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Dennis wrote:
any one know of a good 1 wt reel to pair up with a 8'6 1 wt rod

I'm currently using a CFO1 and a Sage 3100.

brians

"Dennis"

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any one know of a good 1 wt reel to pair up with a 8'6 1 wt rod




Well, I just gotta ask .... what the hell do you do with a 1 wt rod? Years
ago, I gave up using a 2wt Sage I had because it didn't have enough
backbone to land a decent fish and, even now, when I break out my 3 weight I
nearly always regret it because someone, somewhere, exhales or sneezes and
the resulting breeze is too much G. Anyway, where, and what for, do you
fish that a one weight really makes sense as a fishing tool?

Inquiring minds want to know.


Larry L ( who knows how to catch very small fish,
http://tinyurl.com/2hw58f so that ain't what I don't understand ;-)

Larry L wrote:

Well, I just gotta ask .... what the hell do you do with a 1 wt rod? Years
ago, I gave up using a 2wt Sage I had because it didn't have enough
backbone to land a decent fish and, even now, when I break out my 3 weight I
nearly always regret it because someone, somewhere, exhales or sneezes and
the resulting breeze is too much G. Anyway, where, and what for, do you
fish that a one weight really makes sense as a fishing tool?

Inquiring minds want to know.

I have a 7'6" Orvis 1wt paired with a Hardy Flyweight. It is
my tool of choice when fishing tiny little streams for small
brookies. The wind is never a factor in a deep, dark North
Carolina holler and an 8" brookie (a *monster* trout in those
small, sterile streams) is a hoot on a 1wt.

I've also used it out West fishing high mountain streams for
small native cutts and in the small tribs of some well known
rivers in the UP for small brookies.

My 1wt has more fish landing backbone than you might think
and it's a good fishing tool for some circumstances.

--
Ken Fortenberry

"Ken Fortenberry" wrote


My 1wt has more fish landing backbone than you might think
and it's a good fishing tool for some circumstances.

--
Ken Fortenberry


thanks, Ken, that is the type fishing I assumed would be suited ....

I actually 'loved' the sweet casting little 2 wt Sage ( light Line model )
until I simply could not pull an exhausted fish up to me in Silver Creek.
It was a good fish, 18 inch or so, and I was an idiot and wore him out
BEFORE I figured out that the rod couldn't even move him, on his side,
against the current. If I had, I would have broken him off much earlier,
when he was fresh enough to survive. I was afraid to try landing without
the cushion of the rod, break the tippet after he was exhausted and he was a
dead trout. The water he was in was deep and the bottom dangerously
silty ( if you've been there you know what I mean ) so going to him was ...
literally dangerous ... but that is what I finally did ..... shipping a
little water over the waders and praying I'd not get stuck until I got him
in the net and moved to safer ground. He seemed 'ok' after a long
revival, but who knows ? I don't think I ever took the rod out of
it's case again.

I don't know about NC, but I'd think a western high country day without 1 wt
impairing wind would be a rare day, indeed. But if the rod adds pleasure
and you're not facing the problem my story points at ... enjoy G