mismatching flyline weight with reel

On 23 Oct 2003 13:22:45 GMT, (Brimbum) wrote:

George wrote:The CT is a pretty light reel being a click and pawl. I don't
think you'd
have
any problems.


I like the CT reels so much I have one in each size. I think you will love it.
I do not care too much for the smallest size reel as it coils the line tighter
than I like, but just love the others. In a reel this light there are only
advantages to the larger ones from the way I look at them.

Big Dale


I had the smallest CT on my one weight and I agree. The next size up is still
only 3.5 oz. and would have worked just as well. They are nice reels.

g.c.

George wrote:I had the smallest CT on my one weight and I agree. The next size
up is still
only 3.5 oz. and would have worked just as well. They are nice reels.


I had an e-mail today from a guy that says that that series has been
discontinued. I was afraid of that when I heard that Sage is the latest owner
of the company.Soundl like I better buy a couple more if and when I find them.
I prefer the middle size one for my beloved little 3 weight rods.

Big Dale

(Brimbum) wrote:
I had an e-mail today from a guy that says that that series has been
discontinued. I was afraid of that when I heard that Sage is the
latest owner
of the company.Soundl like I better buy a couple more if and when I
find them.
I prefer the middle size one for my beloved little 3 weight rods.

Not to pick on you, but a thought struck me. Why should we buy up the
old ones instead of looking around for the new stuff that put the old
ones off the market? Maybe this is an excuse to retire an old one to
your museum and find something new and probably better.

It's the American way. ;-)

Chas
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eric paul zamora wrote:

... could i use the smallish 5/6
redington on a 4 or 3 weight rod with 4 or 3 weight line?...

First, I should say I have no experience with Redington reels, so I
don't know if this applies to that particular reel or not.

The only problem might be the minimum drag. I've had trouble with
oversize reels when I'm using 6x or 5x leader and the fish turns out to
be a big rainbow. One reel we had just wouldn't let the line out fast
enough for those fish. We made a field fix by reversing the reel
without reversing the line. This gave no drag at all for the running
fish, but a small drag for winding in the line. My son Andy had lost 4
nice fish before we mande the change, and he landed 3 after that. We
replaced that reel with a Ross Cimeron and are entirely satisfied.

Chas
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