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 sbrusky |
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Posts: 33 09/19/2008 17:33 |
I was just looking for some feedback and opinions about automatic fly reels. It seems they are not popular at all and you can pick one up for 5 or 10 dollars.
I remember using my fathers and grandfathers when I was a little boy for panfish and bass, but stopped when I got my first reel for Christmas ( an orvis CFO)
and never used an automatic since.
I was just wondering. Thanks guys |
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dennis.fiberglassflyro... |
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Posts: 20 09/19/2008 17:45 |
I have enjoyed picking these up over the years -- and yes $5 - $10 a piece and I don't think the price has changed in fifteen years. Have never fished
one -- but have one here I lawn cast on older fiberglass rods.
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Posts: 1947 09/19/2008 18:54 |
Met up with an older gentleman while fishing my favorite mountain stream here in North Carolina a few years ago.
We decided to fish together. What a memorable day. He was fishing an auto reel (green finish is all I know of it) and I believe a Shakespeare Wonderod fiberglass rod. Can't say if this rig helped him catch fish, but he sure did. We both caught a lot of native browns and had a great time. Very interesting watching him operate that auto reel to perfection. Sadly, I've never got to fish with him again. Bob Go Heels!!! |
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Posts: 17 09/19/2008 22:58 |
Sherwood Anderson said it best on automatics in the Curtis Creek Manifesto, "Drop one in the sand, try to clean it and learn a lot you didn't
want to know about applied mechanics."
EP |
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Posts: 6118 09/20/2008 10:19 Bulldog1935 |
the good thing about autos is the weight to balance 9' blue-collar cane (and those big white Wonderods).
The bad thing about autos and cane is the busted tips from the spring getting away on you (you can't bust those big white Wonderods) |
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Posts: 112 09/20/2008 16:11 |
i use a red o-ren-omatic with level 5 weight line for small mouth.i only use the auto feature to take up excess stripped line,therefore avoiding busted tips.my
stripping hand is usually between the tip and the slack.my main reason for using this reel is to balance a heavy glass rod.i don't think i would use it on
bamboo or for trout.i do have fun with it though.
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reelcollector |
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Posts: 441 09/21/2008 15:55 |
When a big brown started off downstream, the tension on winding spring had built up to where I couldn`t strip off line fast enough to let him run, so POP !
Went the tippet and the end of the automatics for me. That was about 50 years ago, I don`t believe in the copy; "Free Stripping" by Perrine.
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Posts: 57 09/26/2008 15:54 |
I think they are popular in Europe for small trout. The one which springs to mind is the Vivarelli, plastic bodied reel with a trigger to reel in the line.
They recently produced an aluminum bodied one, but from the reports I've read, it didn't have the robustness of the original.
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Posts: 295 09/28/2008 05:50 |
Hi, There is still a niche for the old automatics. When fishing for "Tennessee Tarpon" aka herring shad you must retrieve the fly very fast to
interest them. Faster in fact than I can usually strip. The automatic makes it easy to really zing that streamer for a short distance, works quite well.
Rods should be of the type that you won't kick yourself if you get over enthusiastic and reel it ALL in fast. Regards, 16pa
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tobewan77 |
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Posts: 37 09/28/2008 08:48 |
Well what about that P&K Retreeve-it? That looked like a pretty good cross. Does the spring wind really tight when a lot of line is taken out on these?
Bulldog posted some photos of a really nice one and it didn't look like the standard automatic mechanism.
Last Edited By: tobewan77 09/28/2008 10:48.
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Posts: 6147 09/28/2008 18:05 Bulldog1935 |
the spring doesn't wind at all.
It's a semi-automatic reel, pulling the lever winds the spool a half-revolution, but it will continue to spin up to about 3 revolutions if resistance is low 
it's the same idea as the current Vivarelli or ATP reels, which are $250 for a graphite reel, and $500 for a machined-from-barstock reel. great for a bluegill set-up where you fight the fish off the line with one hand, but can pick up the mess at your feet at the same time with the other hand. |
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