Cliff Hilbert wrote: I HATE click & pawl reels!! Why? Because it seems like everyone on the river can hear you every time you pull line off the reel and they're all looking at you. I know that's not really the case, but it just seems like it. The crazy things we do, huh. I might be paranoid but at least I'm not schizophrenic. Cliff, I doubt you could hear my BVK 30 feet away. And............... Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean we aren't out to get you ..read more

I know that feeling. When I first started flyfishing I had an old click & pawl diawa reel that was extremely noisy. It was a beauty to listen to when a fish ran, otherwise a muffler would have been nice. The Battenkill showed up today and looks like a little sweetheart of a reel. My hearing is not the greatest, but this thing is just a whisper of that old diawa. I'm heading back out on the kayak in the morning. It's a little windy this evening along with too many chores which makes it an easy decision. fwiw...a 90 second video of the pike on my 0 wt https://youtu.be/J_xC3-BnI9c ..read more

Adam Trahan wrote: Recently, I returned to fly fishing via a really sweet midge rod three times shorter than my favorite rod. I started reading some of the content here and decided to join. Thanks for having me. Welcome to the forum Adam. However, the suspense is killing me. What are the details of that really sweet midge rod? It sounds like it would be worthy of a separate post specifically about that rig ..read more

Cliff Hilbert wrote: We're just trying to "help" you Brent. Fair enough. Good first step is admitting I have a problem ..read more