Types Of Reels

[brian pilcher]

Can someone explain the different types of reels – “standard”, “float” “single pin” etc.

[Zach Matthews]

http://www.itinerantangler.com/podcasts/2007/08/article_brake_jobs.html

Start by reading that; it explains the various types of fly reels.

A centerpinning reel is meant for a style of drifting with bait which is very similar to a dead drift for a fly angler.

[Mike J. Leung]

Do you mean Centrepin? Centrepin and float reel are names for exactly the same reel. The centrepin as Zach mentioned are used for drift fishing with floats. The current takes the float down river and the float pulls the line off the reel in free-spool mode (similar to a bait-caster). You can literally drift as far as your eyes can see the float (although if other anglers are downstream of you, it isn’t very polite to do).

Here in Ontario, they are a tool regularly employed by steelheaders. The vast majority of centrepins only have a basic clicker when you switch from free-spool – like a click and pawl mechanism –

[brian pilcher]

Thanks. I guess a “standard” is just my regular small trout reel with not much of a drag.

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