VS 200 clicker

[jim sylvester]

Originally Posted by Mike P

Why do you want a drag clicker in the first place?

All it really does is tell anyone around you that you have a fish on.

The very first thing I do with any new spinning reel, whether it costs $80 or $800, is take off that clicker.

Don't worry about reeling against the drag and twisting your line. You'll hear the line running out thru the guides and over the reel's line roller--and more importantly, you'll be the only person who hears it.

nice point mike

same thing happened to me with my VS, clicker chit the bed, and I'll tell you what, I was absolutely lost without it. Takes a little time to get used to no clicker.

but when all was said and done, I was happier than a kid on christmas when my buddy tapped a new hole in the spool and and it sang like a canary once again

ps.....there's usually no one around where decksweeper and I fish anyway ....just don't like the crowds

[SeaWolf]

on one spool i've taken it off and on the other i just bent it out of the way from contact for now, but it will come off too. i'm like mike, i dont want someone else to hear my drag. i know when i fish hits and when i'm fighting one. the only reason i could see using a clicker on a spinning reel is if you are not holding the rod, such as chunking or not casting and retrieving. i used to get annoyed just hearing my old 704/706 dogs click while reeling. my .02.

[piemma]

Originally Posted by jim sylvester

ps.....there's usually no one around where decksweeper and I fish anyway ....just don't like the crowds

Oh yeah???

[jim sylvester]

Originally Posted by piemma

Oh yeah???

Hi Piemma

you guys have your side and we have ours, isn't that how it works

if we can hear each others drags, one of two things are happening

A) theres a full fledged blitz going on and we met in the middle
or
B) someone's chasing down a BIG fish like in the movie A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT

[Mike P]

Originally Posted by jim sylvester

if we can hear each others drags, one of two things are happening


B) someone's chasing down a BIG fish like in the movie A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT

I guarantee you I can yell "COMING DOWN, I'VE GOT A GOOD ONE ON a lot louder than a Van Staal clicker

[piemma]

Originally Posted by jim sylvester

Hi Piemma

you guys have your side and we have ours, isn't that how it works

if we can hear each others drags, one of two things are happening

A) theres a full fledged blitz going on and we met in the middle
or
B) someone's chasing down a BIG fish like in the movie A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT

Hi Jim:
Yeah, most of the time although every once in awhile Bryan and I have been known to wander over to 'the dark side'. Funny you and the decksweeper never came around the corner...

[shadow]

I like to bend my vs clicker out of the way as well so I can tell my partner that I had a fish take alot if line and he never knows if it is true or not.

[JeffH]

I have four of those little clickers. Like Mike I took it off when I bought the reel, now everytime I send it in for service they put another one on and then I take it off again. Maybe I should send it back with a different piece missing, eventually I'll have another reel