mismatching flyline weight with reel

hello everybody. i have a question here about reels and flylines. it's kind
of going against the grain so i was hoping some of you might chime in with
thoughts or personal experiences.

i have a redington CT 5/6 reel as well as an okuma integrity 5/6 large
arobor reel. these two reels are incredibly different in size and weight,
and i know the large arbor feature has a lot to do with it. at the moment
i'm using the okuma, keeping the redington in its case for future use in
some way.

i'm currently using a 9 foot 5 weight graphite rod. i'm exploring several
late season trout streams in my area and finding them very small but fun
still the same (most would be considered rivers at other times of the year).
if, ONE DAY, i purchase a second, smaller rod, could i use the smallish 5/6
redington on a 4 or 3 weight rod with 4 or 3 weight line? i guess what i'm
asking is would this cause any serious problems in performance?

thanks.

I guess the biggest question is wether or not it will balance out your rod.
Under any circumstances
Id make sure to have enough backing to avoid too much line memory. The smaller
line will fill less
of your spool and thus the outer section would probably be more coiled unless
you fill it up with
backing.

eric paul zamora wrote:

hello everybody. i have a question here about reels and flylines. it's kind
of going against the grain so i was hoping some of you might chime in with
thoughts or personal experiences.

i have a redington CT 5/6 reel as well as an okuma integrity 5/6 large
arobor reel. these two reels are incredibly different in size and weight,
and i know the large arbor feature has a lot to do with it. at the moment
i'm using the okuma, keeping the redington in its case for future use in
some way.

i'm currently using a 9 foot 5 weight graphite rod. i'm exploring several
late season trout streams in my area and finding them very small but fun
still the same (most would be considered rivers at other times of the year).
if, ONE DAY, i purchase a second, smaller rod, could i use the smallish 5/6
redington on a 4 or 3 weight rod with 4 or 3 weight line? i guess what i'm
asking is would this cause any serious problems in performance?

thanks.

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eric paul zamora wrote:
...
if, ONE DAY, i purchase a second, smaller rod, could i use the smallish 5/6
redington on a 4 or 3 weight rod with 4 or 3 weight line? i guess what i'm
asking is would this cause any serious problems in performance? ...

Well, it would wreak havoc with your gear whore rating but as for actual
fishing, all you have to do is put enough backing on to leave a 1/4" gap
at the top of the spool when fully loaded with line & backing and you're
good to go.

--
Ken Fortenberry

ahhh yes, the gear whore rating. always a consideration which almost
slipped my mind. hmmmm. first computers, then cycling, now fly fishing.
more thought is necessary i think. ;-)

thanks to both of you.


eric zamora
fresno, ca.




From: Ken Fortenberry
Organization: SBC http://yahoo.sbc.com
Newsgroups: rec.outdoors.fishing.fly
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 21:32:19 GMT
Subject: mismatching flyline weight with reel

eric paul zamora wrote:
...
if, ONE DAY, i purchase a second, smaller rod, could i use the smallish 5/6
redington on a 4 or 3 weight rod with 4 or 3 weight line? i guess what i'm
asking is would this cause any serious problems in performance? ...

Well, it would wreak havoc with your gear whore rating but as for actual
fishing, all you have to do is put enough backing on to leave a 1/4" gap
at the top of the spool when fully loaded with line & backing and you're
good to go.

--
Ken Fortenberry

I think too much is made of rod balance. Little consideration is given to
whether a particular reel balances the rod if it has an up locking or down
locking reel seat, yet this changes the balance point considerably. I
personally like up locking reel seats for two reasons. 1. The reel is
closer to my hand which makes casting less tiring. 2. When I set the rod
down it keeps the reel out of the dirt.
Ernie

"Svend Tang-Petersen" wrote in message
...

I guess the biggest question is wether or not it will balance out your
rod.
Under any circumstances
Id make sure to have enough backing to avoid too much line memory. The
smaller
line will fill less
of your spool and thus the outer section would probably be more coiled
unless
you fill it up with
backing.

"eric paul zamora" wrote in message
...

hello everybody. i have a question here about reels and flylines. it's
kind
of going against the grain so i was hoping some of you might chime in with
thoughts or personal experiences.

i have a redington CT 5/6 reel as well as an okuma integrity 5/6 large
arobor reel. these two reels are incredibly different in size and weight,
and i know the large arbor feature has a lot to do with it. at the moment
i'm using the okuma, keeping the redington in its case for future use in
some way.

i'm currently using a 9 foot 5 weight graphite rod. i'm exploring several
late season trout streams in my area and finding them very small but fun
still the same (most would be considered rivers at other times of the
year).
if, ONE DAY, i purchase a second, smaller rod, could i use the smallish
5/6
redington on a 4 or 3 weight rod with 4 or 3 weight line? i guess what i'm
asking is would this cause any serious problems in performance?

All of the multi-millions of words that have been written about balancing
fly rods and reels, like all of the rest of the pseudo-mystical horse****
written about gear, are a poor substitute designed primarily to sell a lot
of overpriced crap to a bunch of people who are constitutionally incapable
of discovering for themselves or even learning from those who have seen it
where the real mysticism lies.......it's on the water. Take whatever you've
got or can get your hands on cheaply and get thee on the water. The rest is
for people who have money and good sense in inverse proportions.

Wolfgang

"eric paul zamora" wrote in message
...


i'm currently using a 9 foot 5 weight graphite rod. i'm exploring several
late season trout streams in my area and finding them very small but fun
still the same (most would be considered rivers at other times of the
year).
if, ONE DAY, i purchase a second, smaller rod, could i use the smallish
5/6
redington on a 4 or 3 weight rod with 4 or 3 weight line? i guess what i'm
asking is would this cause any serious problems in performance?


I find a heavier reel more condusive to maintaining a good casting stroke
rather than the traditional "balance". In this particular case if you take
your "smallish" 5/6 reel and load it with backing and added a 3/4 wt line
you would in essence be fishing a large arbor reel with the extra backing
constituting the "large arbor"

I think if you found a nice 8' #4 rod, it would be fine.

--
Bill Kiene

Kiene's Fly Shop
Sacramento, CA
www.kiene.com

"eric paul zamora" wrote in message
...

hello everybody. i have a question here about reels and flylines. it's
kind
of going against the grain so i was hoping some of you might chime in with
thoughts or personal experiences.

i have a redington CT 5/6 reel as well as an okuma integrity 5/6 large
arobor reel. these two reels are incredibly different in size and weight,
and i know the large arbor feature has a lot to do with it. at the moment
i'm using the okuma, keeping the redington in its case for future use in
some way.

i'm currently using a 9 foot 5 weight graphite rod. i'm exploring several
late season trout streams in my area and finding them very small but fun
still the same (most would be considered rivers at other times of the
year).
if, ONE DAY, i purchase a second, smaller rod, could i use the smallish
5/6
redington on a 4 or 3 weight rod with 4 or 3 weight line? i guess what i'm
asking is would this cause any serious problems in performance?

thanks.

On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 21:16:23 GMT, eric paul zamora
wrote:


hello everybody. i have a question here about reels and flylines. it's kind
of going against the grain so i was hoping some of you might chime in with
thoughts or personal experiences.

i have a redington CT 5/6 reel as well as an okuma integrity 5/6 large
arobor reel. these two reels are incredibly different in size and weight,
and i know the large arbor feature has a lot to do with it. at the moment
i'm using the okuma, keeping the redington in its case for future use in
some way.

i'm currently using a 9 foot 5 weight graphite rod. i'm exploring several
late season trout streams in my area and finding them very small but fun
still the same (most would be considered rivers at other times of the year).
if, ONE DAY, i purchase a second, smaller rod, could i use the smallish 5/6
redington on a 4 or 3 weight rod with 4 or 3 weight line? i guess what i'm
asking is would this cause any serious problems in performance?

thanks.


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

g.c.

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