Click pawl reels are the Harley Davidson of the river

The Perfect wasn't perfect until someone else made it.

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A couple of my favorite 'clicking' pawl reels. (Are there pawls that don't click?) Someone tell Salmo that the click word of the click pawl descriptor is not an object, but a description of what the pawl does when engaged with the gear. Kind of like 'steering' wheel.

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Like I said before. If you can hear my reel you are way too fucking close. Take yer dirty azz nymphing self and get the fuck out of my way.
 
Snap-on like click just to cast,
Surely this angler's biased,
The nostalgia's quite is clear,
So here, hold my beer,
While disdain for my craft is amassed.
 
_WW_ said:
The Perfect wasn't perfect until someone else made it.

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A couple of my favorite 'clicking' pawl reels. (Are there pawls that don't click?) Someone tell Salmo that the click word of the click pawl descriptor is not an object, but a description of what the pawl does when engaged with the gear. Kind of like 'steering' wheel.

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Like I said before. If you can hear my reel you are way too fucking close. Take yer dirty azz nymphing self and get the fuck out of my way.
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I love a 10B
 
SculpinSwinger said:
I love a 10B
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Agreed, the 10A is a great reel.
But those 15A reels @_WW_ posted are exquisite, and rare in that condition.

I’ll add that it isn’t the “sound” of these reels that make them so appealing to me. When I get the rare chance to fish these days, it’s all the other stuff about them that draws me to use them.

Fun thread!
 
Love 'em. One of my first reels ever was (is) an Orvis Madison, which I bought as a demo reel in 1991 from the Grizzly Hackle in Missoula. Over the years I have bought several of them online, and I use them for much of my trout fishing. I have scavenged a couple for parts.

Other small click/pawl reels I have are an Abel TR1 that my mom gave me 30 years ago. I have no idea why she chose that reel, but it is great on my 3 weight. I use a Ross Colorado a bunch on my 4 weight. After my grandfather passed away I was given his Bronson Royalist which I break out now and then.

My last small one is a Hardy LRH lightweight that I was recently gifted by an old fella who was cleaning out his stuff. He had an incredible collection of reels and hand-tied flies (maybe 10,000 hand tied flies, no kidding), and I could tell he was saddened by the fact that he was looking back on good times with them as opposed to looking forward to using them. That will be me someday, but I won't have as much stuff to be sad about.

I also have a Hardy Marquis Salmon #1 that I use to swing for bigger things.
 
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Zak said:
My Ross CLAs are by far my favorite reels.
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Yeah cause it's an actually good reel worth the price you pay for it. You could have wasted thousands on a museum piece that annoys the shit out of anybody in a mile radius just so you can announce you're stripping line and entering a run. Just like Harleys it's all about getting needed attention and validation from other insecure males.
 
Greg Armstrong said:
Agreed, the 10A is a great reel.
But those 15A reels @_WW_ posted are exquisite, and rare in that condition.

I’ll add that it isn’t the “sound” of these reels that make them so appealing to me. When I get the rare chance to fish these days, it’s all the other stuff about them that draws me to use them.

Fun thread!
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Old stuff that works is cool. That's why me and my crack team are developing a click pawl muffler. Retain the cool and keep it to yourself. The click pawl muffler. No need to share the hole or the cool. Sadly it will probably be as popular as a Harley muffler or the live wire. Most guys need that sound so you know to look at them.
 
Here’s a couple
Dustin Chromers said:
Old stuff that works is cool. That's why me and my crack team are developing a click pawl muffler. Retain the cool and keep it to yourself. The click pawl muffler. No need to share the hole or the cool. Sadly it will probably be as popular as a Harley muffler or the live wire. Most guys need that sound so you know to look at them.
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Reel maker Dingley beat you to it by more than 100 years Chromer. These are “silent” check reels, referred to as “Poacher reels” back in the day. No muffler required!

They’d be perfect for you when you want to be particularly silent and unseen!
 
Dustin Chromers said:
Most guys need that sound so you know to look at them.
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Different people who are seeking attention utilize different avenues to garner it. I believe we have a pot/kettle thing going on here.
 
Salmo_g said:
Sheesh! Here we go again. Chromers, learn to get your nomenclature correct. Please! For the umpteenth time, there is no fvcking such thing as a "click pawl" reel. Go ahead, take one apart. Examine each and every part - there aren't many. There is no "click" or "clicker." You'll find that there are a spring, a pawl, posts to hook the spring and the pawl onto, and a gear wheel on the backside of the reel spool. See, no fvcking clicker! It ain't there!

Spring and pawl reels are simplicity itself. And durable longevity, outlasting Harleys by a long shot. As others have mentioned, if the sound offends you, clearly you're standing too close. Move along, son.
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I've long since given up trying to convince these neanderthals of this....so now I just join em

Clickers all the way! I still hate em....or rather strongly dislike them.
 
albula said:
Different people who are seeking attention utilize different avenues to garner it. I believe we have a pot/kettle thing going on here.
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I'm not the one out there in costume with an auditory strobe light announcing myself. The loud reel and loud pipes are like a mating call. Only thing is that it's other dudes that are attracted to it.

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When Don Southern California purchased his Big Harley in 92, he made the Proclaim to get put of his way on the road!!!!
 
Evan B said:
This exists in the gear fishing world as well. Trolling reels have a clicker you can turn on and off with a switch on the side of the reel. Its purpose is to alert you when a fish is on in case you aren't staring at the rod. Very useful especially with tuna trolling.

One way to get me all agro is to leave that on when you're letting your line out, retrieving your line, fighting a fish, etc. Hearing other boats with their clickers going all the time while salmon fishing gets me worked up.

I had one fly click pawl reel I tried for my carping one season. Only lasted one season, though. Went back to other things after that.
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They are also very good when your boat mate starts pounding cold ones when we push off the dock and is belly up by nine…pull off the lure next to the rod where he is snoring on top of the cooler and attach the 5 gallon bucket, silently release it until it’s 50 yds out, then drop it in gear with full blazing clicker glory…not that I’ve ever done that…more than twice…
 
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