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zigo
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Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 5:36 am • # 1 |
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I love click pawl reels: simples, indestructibles and lights. But as you know they have a great problem: they are noisy. But years ago a creative italian flyfisherman (Arnaldo Bompensieri) gave me a simple self made solution: a pawl made in teflon. I tried it and it's more that 25 years that it works on my Hardy Flyweight. The noise does not disappear totally, but it's A LOT less that before, it's more that acceptable. The "brake" is a little less that before, but as you know in this kind of reels the only purpose of the brake is stop the spool when you pull out the line, not to brake the fish, and for this purpose is perfect. I didn't make it personally but I suppose it's pretty simple. Some pics: my Flyweight http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/44 ... 007ft.jpg/here it is opened with the 2 pawls, on the right the teflon one, the one of the 2 who makes the harder work, on the left one of the 2 originals metal pawl http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/69 ... 12ckq.jpg/Here the same with another light http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/21 ... 010np.jpg/and here a closer point of view http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/59 ... 005km.jpg/It's about 25 years that I use it and it's not "sharp" as new, but this doesn't take any problem, maybe it's better now that new. Roberto p.s. the flyweight is not exactly frugal, the modification is frugal. And used on a simple cheap click pawl reel I think it can change it in a good reel for fishing.
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CBarclay
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Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 6:14 pm • # 2 |
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Zigo, that's very interesting. Where did the Teflon pawl come from (what what is made from)? I have a loud Flyweight - it doesn't really bother me but I think it could be quieter.
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Rockthief
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Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 2:04 am • # 3 |
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since my hearing is so bad I love it when I can hear my reels singing. A Teflon pawl is most interesting
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zigo
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Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 1:23 pm • # 4 |
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tengas
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Posted: Sun May 27, 2012 12:37 pm • # 5 |
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how and what tools do we need to cut the teflon since it is too small?
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Brian Shaffer
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Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 1:57 am • # 6 |
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oh wow.. this is interesting.. will it be ??
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keebranch
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Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 5:05 pm • # 7 |
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That's a great idea- especially for creating a repalcement pawl.
Les
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Flyguy650
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Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2012 11:15 pm • # 8 |
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Thanks for the great tip! Some of the the pawls for older reels are hard to come by.
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Tailingloop
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Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 10:26 am • # 9 |
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A singing reel is NOT noise......It's MUSIC..............Don in SC
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lonefisherman
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Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 4:00 pm • # 10 |
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Hey that's just what I need for when I sneak on to private water. Just kidding!
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zigo
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Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2023 10:38 am • # 11 |
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There was an error in this old post: I contacted the old fisherman who made this substitution in my reel. The material is not teflon, but nylon, my error. I think that the result is good with teflon too, what I don't know is if nylon is more easy to cut. BTW I post again the pics, because are no more visible. To make it must reproduce the original pawl using a nylon sheet of the same thicness of your pawl. In the last photo it is the one below. Sorry, some pics are not good focused (low light), but I think that the result is anyway intuitive.
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Free2Fish
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Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2023 3:09 pm • # 12 |
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This seems like a good application for a 3D printer, especially if you have some nylon filament. I suspect some of the other filaments would work as well. I bought one of those Redington zero reels that I never use due to the annoying noise they make. Might be a perfect project while the water is hard.
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zigo
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Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2023 5:22 am • # 13 |
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Free2Fish wrote: This seems like a good application for a 3D printer, especially if you have some nylon filament. I suspect some of the other filaments would work as well. I bought one of those Redington zero reels that I never use due to the annoying noise they make. Might be a perfect project while the water is hard. Good idea! Please show us the result, if you try it.
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Free2Fish
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Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2023 10:20 am • # 14 |
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zigo
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Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2023 12:04 pm • # 15 |
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very nice. it's click pawl? how does it weight? about the loudness maybe the material is important about it: in mine is metal, I suppose aluminium, against nylon.
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Free2Fish
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Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2023 12:31 pm • # 16 |
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The reel I printed is just a friction type drag, very rudimentary. On the Zero, both the pawl and gear seem to be made out of plastic.
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zigo
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Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2023 3:28 am • # 17 |
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I have too some budget plastic reels with plastic click pawl and gear and they are very noisy.
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