Spring and Pawl Drag Fly Fishing Reels

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Disc Drag Fly Fishing Reels

The second type of drag system isrepparttar newer disc-drag system. This type of fly reel uses various materials that essentially act like a brake on a car. A pad insiderepparttar 116044 fly reel is adjusted up or downward (byrepparttar 116045 drag adjustment onrepparttar 116046 reel), which in turn applies more or less tension torepparttar 116047 fly line. Disc-drag fly reels are allrepparttar 116048 rage in fly fishing. Evenrepparttar 116049 cheapest ofrepparttar 116050 cheap fly reels tout their disc drag system.

Disc drag reels excel in large fish situations, like when catching exceptionally large trout, large bass, steelhead, salmon or saltwater species. The disc drag reel is designed to exert a smooth but hard pressure onrepparttar 116051 fly line without seizing up and is ideal when large fish that strip out hundreds of feet of line are caught.

The drawback to a disc drag reel as far as fly fishing goes is that in comparison to a quality spring-and-pawl reel,repparttar 116052 tension can be just a bit more uneven. This is not a problem in most fishing situations that a normal trout fisherman will encounter. However, if you are using 6x and 7x tippets and fishing for wary trout, evenrepparttar 116053 slightest hesitation or change in tension pressure can cause a tippet to part ways withrepparttar 116054 trout.

Now that you know more aboutrepparttar 116055 drag system on fly reels, it is now time to turn our attention torepparttar 116056 quality ofrepparttar 116057 fly reel.

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Do-It-Yourself Building your own Fly Rod

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Before moving on to a top-of-the-line fly rod blank, you might make one with an inexpensive blank for some kind of fishing you don't do often enough to invest much money in-maybe a short, light rod for very small waters. Think of it as low-risk skill enhancement. Besides, you get another rod.

When you're ready forrepparttar big time, don't expect to save a lot of money on your dream rod. First, top brand blanks are expensive. Second, you'll probably invest what you might have saved in special hard-finish guides and a better-than-stock reel seat. Addrepparttar 116043 cost of a bag and tube and you're going to be closing in on retail, though you'll have made a higher-quality rod than you can buy. If you have to buy a new reel because you don't have onerepparttar 116044 right size forrepparttar 116045 new rod, well now you've gone and done it, haven't you?

When choosing guides, there are a lot of options in finish and configuration. One ofrepparttar 116046 advantages of building your own is that you can use larger stripping guides, for less friction and better shooting. There are all sorts of recommendations and formulas for guide spacing, butrepparttar 116047 best bet is to getrepparttar 116048 blank manufacturer's recommendations. Apparently stresses atrepparttar 116049 ferrule(s) require some accommodation that are not provided by formulas that give you an orderly mathematical progression of guide spacing from top to bottom. When shopping for blanks, guides, seats, and miscellaneous parts, there is much to be said for buying and building relationships at local shops. But in Houston at least,repparttar 116050 local inventory seems somewhat limited, though perhaps your favorite shop can special order your blank.

If you want enough information to get oriented-and enough choices to get good and confused-get a catalog from Angler's Workshop in Woodland, WA (www.anglersworkshop.com). They have top and not-so-top brand blanks as well as their own label. They also have a great variety of reel seat and guide options. Best of all, they know their stuff and they'll make an extra effort to help you out. Even if you buy locally, their catalog is a great reference and will give you additional options.

Anyhow, if you want to give it a try, have fun. Go slow. And stop what you're doing and back off as soon as something doesn't feel just right. If you make a mistake, short of snappingrepparttar 116051 blank, odds are you can undo it. I've been able to shave off and redo epoxy-coated wrappings that turned inexplicably lumpy onrepparttar 116052 last coating without damagingrepparttar 116053 blank. One more caution. Once you take rod building into your own hands, there's no telling where it will lead. One day you'll see a book on making bamboo rods and think, "Say, this doesn't look all that hard." Or you'll decide to build your own kayak. Evenrepparttar 116054 folks at Betty Ford won't be able to help once you head down that path.

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