A Reel Choice

Given the opportunity and the right quality of fish I like to play fish on
the reel. I'm looking at the Modula large arbor disc drag and the Orvis
Rocky Mountain large arbor. Has anyone any experience of using either reel
and if so, what is the drag like? Thanks.

Allan

In article , allan.lambert
writes
Given the opportunity and the right quality of fish I like to play fish on
the reel. I'm looking at the Modula large arbor disc drag and the Orvis
Rocky Mountain large arbor. Has anyone any experience of using either reel
and if so, what is the drag like? Thanks.

Allan




Hi Allan,

I don't wish to dampen your enthusiasm, but a reel is a device to hold
your fishing line - nothing more nothing less.

I've no idea how much you want to spend, but I'm sure that there are
plenty of excellent reels on the market for just a few quid that will
do all you want and you'll have money to spare for something else.

I have just purchased a mill end line for £4 - not as good as Cortland
444 but does the job well enough. The reel I bought to go with it is a
Shakespeare Summit which cost me £12 at the Welsh Game fair.

I usually use BFR Rimfly reels and they are only a bit more expensive.

I'm sorry if I haven't answered your question, but maybe have given you
some food for thought.
--
Bill Grey
http://www.billboy.co.uk

In article , allan.lambert
writes
Given the opportunity and the right quality of fish I like to play fish on
the reel. I'm looking at the Modula large arbor disc drag and the Orvis
Rocky Mountain large arbor. Has anyone any experience of using either reel
and if so, what is the drag like? Thanks.

Allan




Hi Allan,

I don't wish to dampen your enthusiasm, but a reel is a device to hold
your fishing line - nothing more nothing less.

I've no idea how much you want to spend, but I'm sure that there are
plenty of excellent reels on the market for just a few quid that will
do all you want and you'll have money to spare for something else.

I have just purchased a mill end line for £4 - not as good as Cortland
444 but does the job well enough. The reel I bought to go with it is a
Shakespeare Summit which cost me £12 at the Welsh Game fair.

I usually use BFR Rimfly reels and they are only a bit more expensive.

I'm sorry if I haven't answered your question, but maybe have given you
some food for thought.
--
Bill Grey
http://www.billboy.co.uk

In article , allan.lambert
writes
Given the opportunity and the right quality of fish I like to play fish on
the reel. I'm looking at the Modula large arbor disc drag and the Orvis
Rocky Mountain large arbor. Has anyone any experience of using either reel
and if so, what is the drag like? Thanks.

Allan



Best done with a multiplier, like the old Intrepid reels (sadly no
longer available). Their rate of retrieve is far better than the large
arbor reels.
--
John Lloyd, West Midlands, UK.

In article , laxhill
writes
I wouldn't necessarily agree with the "nothing more" bit. I mostly
fish reservoirs. This involves long casting and if you get a take
close in on the retrieve you can have 20+ yds of line around your
feet. No problem with small fish but with large fish it's far safer to
get the spare line on the reel - fast - or you are in serious risk of
a tangle with loss of the fish. A large diameter reel is a big
advantage. The reservoir I fish has rainbows/browns/blue trout all
well into double figures. I wouldn't like to fish it with a small
diameter reel. I use the "old" Dragonfly 120 reel. Conversely I fish
the river with a small antique wooden reel that just takes a 4# line
- just for the hell of it.

Well Keith, you have to agree that even a larger diameter reel is still
only a device to hold the fly line.

The question of what type of arbor you use is a matter of opinion, and I
can categorically say that several acquaintances of mine who fish in the
Welsh Fly Fishing team use Wide reels rather than larger arbor reels per
se. Of course the wider reels may well have larger diameter arbor
anyway. This could easily be achieved by using more backing.

If you really want to get your line in quickly why not use a multiplying
fly reel in which one turn of the handle turns the spool two an a half
times like the old Shakespeare Speedex.
--
Bill Grey
http://www.billboy.co.uk

On Tue, 3 Aug 2004 20:32:44 +0100, "W. D. Grey"
wrote:

In article , allan.lambert
writes
Given the opportunity and the right quality of fish I like to play fish on
the reel. I'm looking at the Modula large arbor disc drag and the Orvis
Rocky Mountain large arbor. Has anyone any experience of using either reel
and if so, what is the drag like? Thanks.

Allan




Hi Allan,

I don't wish to dampen your enthusiasm, but a reel is a device to hold
your fishing line - nothing more nothing less.

I've no idea how much you want to spend, but I'm sure that there are
plenty of excellent reels on the market for just a few quid that will
do all you want and you'll have money to spare for something else.

I have just purchased a mill end line for £4 - not as good as Cortland
444 but does the job well enough. The reel I bought to go with it is a
Shakespeare Summit which cost me £12 at the Welsh Game fair.

I usually use BFR Rimfly reels and they are only a bit more expensive.

I'm sorry if I haven't answered your question, but maybe have given you
some food for thought


I wouldn't necessarily agree with the "nothing more" bit. I mostly
fish reservoirs. This involves long casting and if you get a take
close in on the retrieve you can have 20+ yds of line around your
feet. No problem with small fish but with large fish it's far safer to
get the spare line on the reel - fast - or you are in serious risk of
a tangle with loss of the fish. A large diameter reel is a big
advantage. The reservoir I fish has rainbows/browns/blue trout all
well into double figures. I wouldn't like to fish it with a small
diameter reel. I use the "old" Dragonfly 120 reel. Conversely I fish
the river with a small antique wooden reel that just takes a 4# line
- just for the hell of it.

Keith

On Tue, 3 Aug 2004 20:32:44 +0100, "W. D. Grey"
wrote:

In article , allan.lambert
writes
Given the opportunity and the right quality of fish I like to play fish on
the reel. I'm looking at the Modula large arbor disc drag and the Orvis
Rocky Mountain large arbor. Has anyone any experience of using either reel
and if so, what is the drag like? Thanks.

Allan




Hi Allan,

I don't wish to dampen your enthusiasm, but a reel is a device to hold
your fishing line - nothing more nothing less.

I've no idea how much you want to spend, but I'm sure that there are
plenty of excellent reels on the market for just a few quid that will
do all you want and you'll have money to spare for something else.

I have just purchased a mill end line for £4 - not as good as Cortland
444 but does the job well enough. The reel I bought to go with it is a
Shakespeare Summit which cost me £12 at the Welsh Game fair.

I usually use BFR Rimfly reels and they are only a bit more expensive.

I'm sorry if I haven't answered your question, but maybe have given you
some food for thought


I wouldn't necessarily agree with the "nothing more" bit. I mostly
fish reservoirs. This involves long casting and if you get a take
close in on the retrieve you can have 20+ yds of line around your
feet. No problem with small fish but with large fish it's far safer to
get the spare line on the reel - fast - or you are in serious risk of
a tangle with loss of the fish. A large diameter reel is a big
advantage. The reservoir I fish has rainbows/browns/blue trout all
well into double figures. I wouldn't like to fish it with a small
diameter reel. I use the "old" Dragonfly 120 reel. Conversely I fish
the river with a small antique wooden reel that just takes a 4# line
- just for the hell of it.

Keith

"W. D. Grey" wrote in message
...
In article , laxhill
writes
I wouldn't necessarily agree with the "nothing more" bit. I mostly
fish reservoirs. This involves long casting and if you get a take
close in on the retrieve you can have 20+ yds of line around your
feet. No problem with small fish but with large fish it's far safer to
get the spare line on the reel - fast - or you are in serious risk of
a tangle with loss of the fish. A large diameter reel is a big
advantage. The reservoir I fish has rainbows/browns/blue trout all
well into double figures. I wouldn't like to fish it with a small
diameter reel. I use the "old" Dragonfly 120 reel. Conversely I fish
the river with a small antique wooden reel that just takes a 4# line
- just for the hell of it.

Well Keith, you have to agree that even a larger diameter reel is still
only a device to hold the fly line.

The question of what type of arbor you use is a matter of opinion, and I
can categorically say that several acquaintances of mine who fish in the
Welsh Fly Fishing team use Wide reels rather than larger arbor reels per
se. Of course the wider reels may well have larger diameter arbor
anyway. This could easily be achieved by using more backing.

If you really want to get your line in quickly why not use a multiplying
fly reel in which one turn of the handle turns the spool two an a half
times like the old Shakespeare Speedex.
--


Good advice. I have a Battenkill multiplier that gets the line back onto
the reel
tout vite. For most fish I don't bother too much with drag systems, and for
trouting
with my 3lb tippets I don't bother with drag at all. The manually applied
drag is the best for this (IMHO).

I went through a large arbor phase for trout reels, though I'm now happily
back with my Farlow's Sapphire 3 1/8". The Sapphire looks similar to a Hardy
lightweight (i.e. 30's-50's design), and uses the click pawl drag. I slacken
the drag right off, and find that this reel is plenty enough, and I like its
lightness on my 8' #3 trout rod.

"W. D. Grey" wrote in message
...
In article , laxhill
writes
I wouldn't necessarily agree with the "nothing more" bit. I mostly
fish reservoirs. This involves long casting and if you get a take
close in on the retrieve you can have 20+ yds of line around your
feet. No problem with small fish but with large fish it's far safer to
get the spare line on the reel - fast - or you are in serious risk of
a tangle with loss of the fish. A large diameter reel is a big
advantage. The reservoir I fish has rainbows/browns/blue trout all
well into double figures. I wouldn't like to fish it with a small
diameter reel. I use the "old" Dragonfly 120 reel. Conversely I fish
the river with a small antique wooden reel that just takes a 4# line
- just for the hell of it.

Well Keith, you have to agree that even a larger diameter reel is still
only a device to hold the fly line.

The question of what type of arbor you use is a matter of opinion, and I
can categorically say that several acquaintances of mine who fish in the
Welsh Fly Fishing team use Wide reels rather than larger arbor reels per
se. Of course the wider reels may well have larger diameter arbor
anyway. This could easily be achieved by using more backing.

If you really want to get your line in quickly why not use a multiplying
fly reel in which one turn of the handle turns the spool two an a half
times like the old Shakespeare Speedex.
--


Good advice. I have a Battenkill multiplier that gets the line back onto
the reel
tout vite. For most fish I don't bother too much with drag systems, and for
trouting
with my 3lb tippets I don't bother with drag at all. The manually applied
drag is the best for this (IMHO).

I went through a large arbor phase for trout reels, though I'm now happily
back with my Farlow's Sapphire 3 1/8". The Sapphire looks similar to a Hardy
lightweight (i.e. 30's-50's design), and uses the click pawl drag. I slacken
the drag right off, and find that this reel is plenty enough, and I like its
lightness on my 8' #3 trout rod.

On Tue, 3 Aug 2004 22:42:51 +0100, "W. D. Grey"
wrote:

In article , laxhill
writes
I wouldn't necessarily agree with the "nothing more" bit. I mostly
fish reservoirs. This involves long casting and if you get a take
close in on the retrieve you can have 20+ yds of line around your
feet. No problem with small fish but with large fish it's far safer to
get the spare line on the reel - fast - or you are in serious risk of
a tangle with loss of the fish. A large diameter reel is a big
advantage. The reservoir I fish has rainbows/browns/blue trout all
well into double figures. I wouldn't like to fish it with a small
diameter reel. I use the "old" Dragonfly 120 reel. Conversely I fish
the river with a small antique wooden reel that just takes a 4# line
- just for the hell of it.

Well Keith, you have to agree that even a larger diameter reel is still
only a device to hold the fly line.

The question of what type of arbor you use is a matter of opinion, and I
can categorically say that several acquaintances of mine who fish in the
Welsh Fly Fishing team use Wide reels rather than larger arbor reels per
se. Of course the wider reels may well have larger diameter arbor
anyway. This could easily be achieved by using more backing.

If you really want to get your line in quickly why not use a multiplying
fly reel in which one turn of the handle turns the spool two an a half
times like the old Shakespeare Speedex.

"not use a multiplying" Bill - in a word - weight. I did many years
ago use the old Intrepid Gearfly reels but the gears soon wore out - I
fish a lot. I also tried a lever operated automatic reel with a large
spring inside it - Mitchell 710 weighed a "ton" and line capacity was
too small. I have had trouble with tennis elbow and less weight is an
advantage.
Welsh Fly Fishing team - ah memories, I vaguely remember we beat them
in 1994 & 1995 when I was in the England Fly Fishing Team ;-)
Reels for boat fishiing again don't have the same "needs". In
competitions you are invariably fishing for stockies which can be
hustled in and you are often short lining. You don't have as a rule
yards of spare line waiting to tangle - at least not by a fish - just
when you cast!
Keith