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 bobbeegee |
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Posts: 2767 06/08/2009 19:27 |
I saw this posted on another Forum and haven't seen an answer that I would accept.
Is there an advantage to the click/pawl v/s a silent pay reel? Personally I like the click sound of a decent fish on the run. What say you oh great reel experts? Bob Go Heels!!! |
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Posts: 184 06/08/2009 20:05 |
I am no great reel expert but I despise silent reels. The song of the reel when a fish runs is a part of the joy for me. Even the click when stripping out
line as the silk goes whooshing through the guides when I come to an open enough to cast space on brookie water is musical. No silent reels for me thanks!!!
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LuckyStrikeV |
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Posts: 161 06/08/2009 20:08 |
Maybe a poll is in order, but I can imagine the outcome weighing in far in favour of that lovely .... noisy clickity-clack check (that annoys my wife so
much..in the house).
Also far fewer silent check reels exist, which is testament to the popularity of the click reels. Ohhh yes, back to the question , as usual I am off track a little .... Is there an advantage to the click/pawl v/s a silent pay reel? My answer is, yes of course.... It's the ideal poacher's device!  Silent running!
Also from Jamie Maxtone Graham's book .... Silent Check perfects were popular in Germany, with very few being found in Britain. I think that the Japanese also have a thing for silent or quiet check reels....
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winston59 |
RE: some just like not being noticed on the water... | #3 | ||
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Posts: 125 06/08/2009 20:56 |
I agree on the sound being a big part of the magic of a reel.Then again there are some who like to use the newer reels on the market that are a bit quieter
than say a Sage 509 made by Hardy. When I strip line out from that reel I can get some glaring looks from people. Fish on, then let them look all they want.
Funny how people gravitate to someone who has just caught a fish no matter how loud the reel is.
 Some reels have a personality that is in the song of playing out line and
reeling in that set them apart.
Last Edited By: winston59 06/08/2009 22:53.
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bow river |
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Posts: 1451 06/08/2009 21:40 |
the LOUDER the better , music to the ears , on your question , a advantage to a silent check reel , i can't think of one , maybe less parts that would wear
out ,
Richard
Check out my web site for vintage reels & rods , guided float trips on canada's # 1 best trout river http://bowriveradventures.googlepages.com/home |
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Posts: 47 06/08/2009 22:16 |
winston59 wrote:The very reason I sometimes wish my reels were silent. Where I fish, they'll start crowding you if they hear that sound. Hard to imagine a louder check than a Hardy Prince, what with that pawl set into an "echo chamber." 
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Posts: 677 06/09/2009 03:43 Reclusive! Like J D Salinger |
Something I recently wrote elsewhere about 'Checks':
The device that produces the "Click". Normally set to a quieter click when you are winding line in, offering just sufficient resistance to the spool to prevent freewheeling and resultant tangles. Set louder for when a fish takes, partly to wake you up and partly to alert your friends and fellow anglers that you're 'on' and they should watch, jealously, as the master swings into action. You can believe rumours that it was intended to offer resistance to the fish if you wish.  Brian
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Posts: 454 06/09/2009 10:30 |
enigma309 wrote: Brian, I like that and so true!! |
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Posts: 2925 06/09/2009 11:02 Admin |
I like "clicks" as much as the next guy, but for the life of me can't justify them. Noisy (oh the "song of the reel when a fish
runs"--ha!), aggravating & a guarantee that the two minks just upstream of you--the moment the fish begins to run--will dive into the flow as if shot.
For me, the quieter the better.
I have a wonderful caged Dingley with a brass switch that, in effect, turns the click on or off. I've begun using it regularly when trout fishing, & almost always run it in the "off" position. Perhaps my forebears were all poachers & silent fishing runs in my blood. |
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Frank Longcast.fiberglassflyro... |
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Posts: 31 06/09/2009 12:28 |
For me its always a good reminder when I'm stripping line out, to know where I have the drag set. I imagine I could get used to acknowledging the tension
by feeling the resistance but I respond more to the sound. With the clicker on, two of my senses are involved. Especially with a fish on!
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LuckyStrikeV |
West Coast! | #10 | ||
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Posts: 163 06/09/2009 12:33 |
I used Hardy Longstone reels while salmon mooching out here on the Pacific for years......... but yes the noisy Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz sound does
attract predators, like seals!
Now I use an Islander mooching reel ........... smoooooth and much quieter! Hehehe .... pcg ........ sell me all of your noisy fly reelz......... I love em!!!!!!!!!!  the Noisier the better!!! 
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Posts: 1167 06/09/2009 14:14 MO/ARK Trout Bum |
I launched a poll on this very topic a couple years back. If I remember correctly, most (2/3rds) preferred the soft click of a Young or Hardy style reel... but
a few did say they wanted the click of thier reel to sound like a blender full of marbles.
Come to think of it.. I don't know that I have ever owned a silent in or out reel. Brian
" Just once, I wish a trout would wink at me. "
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Posts: 2927 06/09/2009 14:18 Admin |
Brian, I'll set one up now for fun. Let's get a 2009 read of members. Click or no click?!
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Posts: 1345 06/09/2009 15:35 |
Ah, the sound of silence...
Actually, my preference, contrary to the aspersions that BHB casts upon me (but then again, maybe he casts aspersions because he can't cast a fly rod  ) is for a reel that is silent on the inhale and having a soft purr
like a Ross San Miguel on the exhale. I'd rather hear my bucolic surroundings than the hacking cough of a pawl trying to stop a cog from going where it is
told to go.
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Posts: 8 06/09/2009 16:48 |
I only have one reel with no click, but it's such a nice reel that I put up with it (Ross R3.5). I am trying to figure out a way to mount a baseball card
onto it with a clothespin so it makes a motorcycle noise.
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Posts: 2800 06/09/2009 17:41 |
Tsk, tsk! (But softly of course.)
What kind of reel is it, SG, that runs silently, runs deep, but runs into an aspersion at every turn? --BHB |
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spruce grouse |
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Posts: 1346 06/09/2009 20:00 |
BlackHillsBill wrote:Maybe the third reel of Hunt for Red October? |
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Posts: 2929 06/09/2009 20:03 Admin |
BHB, no one I know writes with such constant & predictable subtext. As arcane as it may be, it's still a lovely sight to see.
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Finn |
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Posts: 43 06/09/2009 20:04 |
I can still remember sitting around the campfire at our cabin in BC when I was younger. The only sounds would be of the fire, steaks on the BarBQ and , maybe,
the sound of ice, cracking as warm Crown Royal was poured into a cup. Then, across the Lake, the singing of a Hardy St. George and my Dad's cackle as his
reel came unwound on another big Kamloops.
I would love to be able to revisit those days. 
And that's why I love the sound a click. |
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