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Fly Fishing Rods
On Mon, 1 Sep 2008 19:53:44 +0100, "Charles Turner"
wrote: Am I right in thinking that virtually no-one uses the drag on a reel to play the fish? I've certainly never seen anyone doing it, so is there any point in paying £200+ for a reel? I was in Kamchatka, Russia, fishing the Zhuponava River with Herb Hammer (nephew of Armond Hammer). Herb was using a six weight Orvis rod, the first carbon fiber model rod they made. It was ancient! Herb's reel wasn't very good either. In fact, it fell off the rod while he was fighting a very big rainbow. In the two pictures below, the Russian guide, Antoine, is putting Herb's reel back on the rod during the fight, and reeled in half of Herb's line. In the second picture is the rainbow trout Herb landed with some very crappy equipment, especially the reel (it had NO drag). Click on "See al 83 pictures" See pics #30 and 31 http://dlacourse.shutterfly.com/ Although a reel is very important to me, obviously it is not to other fishermen. Dave |
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