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Per DG..."and that's gooood enough for me!"...I LOVE Cookie Monster!!
I have only put 2 fish on the reel...a nice sized channel cat on my 3 weight & my first steelhead last fall. I've stripped in some real nice bass...they are NOT runners & IMO don't need to be put on the reel, but it really boils down to personal preference.
Mike
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You can call me Mike & you can call me Mikey..Just remember that this site's about sharing!
[This message has been edited by ohiotuber (edited 06 April 2006).]
The quicker I can get them on the reel the better.
Exception...if the fish is VERY small I strip them in, because I'm too lazy to do the job right.
Ol' Bill
Mostly "C". I use my rod hand index finger as an adjustable drag "by feel" while stripping in line. If I get a larger one that makes some long runs then I try to get the slack line wound on the reel and use the drag or palm the spool.
Dick xfishcop
I NEVER just strip a line in, including at the end of the day. It always goes on the reel with my little finger (on the line hand) directing it or making sure it goes on evenly. This is Fly Fishing 101 - put the fish on the reel.
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LadyFisher, Publisher of
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Absolutly Ladyfisher, well said.
I reel almost all the time, cuz I thnk it is good to have that be instinctive upon hook up.
The exception is when fishing for little brookies in very small streams. I probably shouldn't make even that exception but, since I am doing it a a conscious decision in a specific situation, it probably isn't going to spoil my natural instinct to get them on the reel.
With the exception of VERY TINY fish, I always reel. If a fish comes at me I will strip to take out the slack between me and the fish, but as soon as it stops I treat the situation like the moment I first hooked the fish. Keep tension, bring any loose line onto the reel and get the fish under control.
I don't worry about a reel that is a Monday made or Friday made reel. I've used mine enough that I trust them. Always set the drag light enough so that the breaking of the inertia of a static spool will not snap the tippet. Increase your drag by palming and you can maintain maximum control of the situation.
jed
Earlier in this post, I answered that I strip, except for a couple times. Yesterday, I began my "new" practice of ALWAYS putting the fish on the reel. Landed a 17" rainbow on my newly restored SouthBend bamboo. Granted, it's only 1 fish, but it's a start. I have a LOT to learn & I saw here that JC, LF, Ray, & a number of far better flyfishers than I advising getting the fish on the reel ASAP.
Thanks for the instruction folks!
Mike
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You can call me Mike & you can call me Mikey..Just remember that this site's about sharing!
Unless the fish is traveling in the opposite direction I always strip. The first year I began striper fishing I always tried to get every fish on the reel because that's what I read you were supposed to do. That year I lost about 50% of the fish I hooked. Couldn't keep tight enough when the fish wasn't running and trying to reel in all the excess line. The fish will put itself on the reel or I just strip in. Now I have no porblem with dropped fish.