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A few hours out yesterday.....


Tigger

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Phone,

I wouldn't go that far....pretty?  Just silver things lol.

The reel was just another pin, not used that one for a spell so gave it an airing ?.

Phone, just curous, have you ever used a centrepin reel?

 

 

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TIGGER,

The answer is yes and no.

The closest I have come are the ball bering salmon/steelhead reels 4 1/2 inches and up. They cost less than $50. Even then I used one so few times and under circumstances that were unusual to me I was not impressed.  Fiddly, no particular advantage, line weight not especially balanced to anything.

Don't misunderstand - there are craftsmen reels that zoom right on by $1000. No, I have not salmon or steelhead fished with a reel of that quality.

I do have a couple nice St CROIX flyrods and reels.  But in all honesty I'm not much of a tackle tart

Phone

 

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Phone,

I wasn't talking about using expensive reels, just asking if you had ever actually used a centrepin reel. Regarding prices, some of my mose used pins are run of the mill okuma reels, one is a sheffield and the other a adventa.  I got the adventa reel from a large outdoor shop over here a few years ago when they sold them all off for fifty notes each :).

The reason I ask is because unless you have used one and got proficient with it you won't realise just what you can get out of them.  

I do use a fixed spool reel, and even a closed faced reel from time to time but since most of my fishing is trotting a float on a river I just use the best tool for the job....for me of course.

i do use the pins on still waters for a lot of applications and again, I find them to be a better tool for the job than a fixed spool etc.

As I said, you really have to learn how to use one prificiently to get the benifits out of doing so.

You gott'a believe me Phone, it isn't a snob thing as many people seem to think. Again regarding price, many very good centrepins are cheaper than a decent fixed spool reel.

 

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Tigger,

I believe you hit the nail on the head with the word "proficient". Maybe 50 - 60 years ago. I Haven't seen a competition in several years but  I Will never ceas111`e to be amazed at skill level of some pro bass anglers with baitcaster reels.

I know exactly where you are coming from - be the best you can be - -. 

I guess my nature was more with the genetic marvel of fish. I am not ashamed to say the things that matter most to UK anglers only fit the mold of A VERY few of his American counterpart.  Now, should you ever want to discuss 80mph fishing boats, I can easily find 10 experts.  

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Not a lot of good on a canal except using the electric motor

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Did an hours trotting on a lake outlet late this afternoon.  I had lots of dice, chublets and a single perch in my last swim.  I lost two dice to esox who killed that swim off forcing me to fish another spot where I caught a absolutly huge "DICE".  Infact it so huge I was going to weight it.  I got my dinky digital scales out, hooked on a small placcy bag and placed it on my sling pack in readyness to weight the fish.  I lifted out the landing net head and got hold of the dice, as I put the net head back in the water the bloody dice wriggled and slipped from my hand falling onto a load of laying down old nettle stalks which crossed the water and  as I reached out to get the dice it wriggled and slipped through them and fell back into the water !  It was wierd how it happened !!

 

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