A interesting test of the Orvis Vortex VO2
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ersKFd-4d7k&feature=related
and the after results:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=tdssQeA6nxA&feature=related
It was the only reel that didn’t do well They are testing them at “bonefish speed” of 23MPH.
Might wanna look at the other related videos, and see if they tested your reel, cool stuff.
Interesting video. What I didn’t see and it suprised me is they did not use a scale to make all the reels have the same amount of drag on them. If you crank on the drag on one reel way up then 1/2 as much on the next one your results will differ. I learned all I know about this kind of thing from watching Mythbusters. Which makes me an expert.*
*Expert = X is the unknown quantity and spurt is just a drip under pressure.
PS I would guess he just went by feel each time. But it was also curious that the only reel Where he had water standing by was the one that smoked.
I’m also willing to bet that the cheapo no-name brand of reel I use would fly apart before it got hot enough to smoke.
Gnu, in the other videos of reels I watched get tested he had the water bottle sitting on the ground or in his other hand just out of the camera view.
Interesting. Note the host say he has the drag pretty cranked up. I don’t think you would normally fish for bonefish with the drag cranked up pretty far. Even if you did, the drag will slow the bonefish, but a gasoline powered machine that outweighs any bonefish by several hundred pounds is not going to be slowed one bit due to its advantage in mass.
Even with fishing for large bluewater species, you rarely start with the drag cranked down, you increase pressure after the first run(s) when the fish has tired some.
Hey GBF,
Since I didn’t see any other reels tests, I can’t assume there was no drag " standard". BUT, if there WAS no "standard, the test was meaningless. I would think ANY reel would “smoke” under some severe circumstances.
Mark
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Hmmmmmmmm, I don’t know, if I’m MORE impressed with the interesting vids, OR… learning the fact, that Gnu-Bee is an “expert”!?!
Of course, I already knew that G-B KNEW EVERYTHING, because he’s told me so, 9 or 10 times, now. But to know everything AND to be an EXPERT along with it… wow, I’m impressed my friend!! Really, really, impressed!!
Thanks, F-1, for the neat videos! It’s nice to know, that a few of my reels can withstand a surprise “Vespa hatch”, should I ever encounter one!
Okay, that was funny but I kind of expected the see the bike jerk the rod and reel out of his hands. If somebody hooked my Harley I’d be the proud owner of a skinned up rod and a burned out reel. I wouldn’t stop until the gas tank ran dry.
Are there ANY standards in fly fishing equipment? I have read that rod wt ratings cannot be trusted except by testing the blank using the “Common Cents System,” which will often show that the blank is heavier/lighter than labeled. Reels cannot be much different, especially if designing to not infringe on an existing patent.
Mama told all us kids; “Don’t believe anything you hear, and only half of what you see.” That’s always been pretty good advice for me.
Joe
Joe,
I was referring to standards ( probably wrong word), and I realize that I didn’t make it clear, ONLY as they pertained to THIS test. Some device to measure that all reels tested were set at the same resistance level. Something to assure that all reels were tested with the same yardstick and fairly.
Mark
Anybody got the address for Mythbusters? Those two would have a ball with this one!
Did’nt appear to be much strain when he stripped off a bit of line by hand just prior to the test run…and I did not see him thouch the drag there after…There is one little thing that bothered me though…Upon opening the reel up and checking things out…There seemed to be an excessive amount of greese on the drag surfaces…Is this normal with a cork drag system???..As I have never owned such a reel…All my reels have been click and pawl…with the exception of my Teton reel’s…which I know would pass such testing with no probs whatsoever!
With all the other reels that were tested and none of them showing such probs…I think that set’s the “Standard” pretty well as they were setup close enough…Just some thought’s.:rolleyes:;)
i did a similar test with a tioga reel and a ford pickup with an errant back cast.
lost the entire line and backing but the reel was in excellent shape. palming the spool was simply out of the question.
:rolleyes: