05-24-2005, 05:06 AM
no I havent tryed it, but I did see a young kid on the river with that set up, and boy howdy did he get some harry eyeballs....
the only thing he gained was faster retreivals. every thing else worked the same. the reel he was using had the drag setting on the back of the reel with both dial and quick drag lever.
this allowed him to strip line out of his reel and throw the leaver when hooked up. he was fishing for atlantic salmon. now weather he knew something I didnt or if it was he just could not afford a fly reel that year.
trick is I supose is to find a spinning reel that will handle 100 feet of backer and 75 feet of fly line.
I think I will look around the house and see if I can find a spare reel and give it a shot.... see what happens...
I will take notes......
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the only thing he gained was faster retreivals. every thing else worked the same. the reel he was using had the drag setting on the back of the reel with both dial and quick drag lever.
this allowed him to strip line out of his reel and throw the leaver when hooked up. he was fishing for atlantic salmon. now weather he knew something I didnt or if it was he just could not afford a fly reel that year.
trick is I supose is to find a spinning reel that will handle 100 feet of backer and 75 feet of fly line.
I think I will look around the house and see if I can find a spare reel and give it a shot.... see what happens...
I will take notes......
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