03-04-2006, 06:38 PM
[cool][#0000ff]Why do you want a clicker? So you can have your own TV show and leave the clicker on to dazzle your unsophisticated audience? That stuff drives me wild.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]You don't need a clicker if you pay attention to what is going on. When I fish with baitcast gear, I leave it in freespool but adjust the tension so that a fish can run line off without causing a backlash. I keep the rod pointed just slightly away, at an angle, to that I can watch the line and the rod tip. When a fish picks up the bait, I pick up the rod, leaving it in freespool and point the rod directly at the fish. When it stops its first run, I engage the spool and wait for the fish to start off again, pulling the line tight. With a circle hook you just tighten up and it's game on. With an octopus hook you need to pop them a time or two.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]We all have our own preferences and ideas about what is best. If you want a clicker, then by all means get a reel with a clicker. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]What I often do, if I am bank fishing or boat fishing and want an auditory signal of a bite, is to wrap a loop of line around a drink can (empty) and set it on a hard surface. When a fish hits, it tips the can over...tinkle, tinkle. The line keeps going out freely but there is no need to disengage a clicker button to keep from driving yourself and fishing partners wacko with that irritating clicker.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Some guys like to use bells. Dingalings. They also require muss and fuss when you get a strike. A brief moment of inattention can cost you a fish. I once saw a guy almost get his finger removed at the first knuckle while fiddling with a rod tip bell and getting the line around his finger just as a big fish took off across the lake.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]You don't need a clicker if you pay attention to what is going on. When I fish with baitcast gear, I leave it in freespool but adjust the tension so that a fish can run line off without causing a backlash. I keep the rod pointed just slightly away, at an angle, to that I can watch the line and the rod tip. When a fish picks up the bait, I pick up the rod, leaving it in freespool and point the rod directly at the fish. When it stops its first run, I engage the spool and wait for the fish to start off again, pulling the line tight. With a circle hook you just tighten up and it's game on. With an octopus hook you need to pop them a time or two.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]We all have our own preferences and ideas about what is best. If you want a clicker, then by all means get a reel with a clicker. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]What I often do, if I am bank fishing or boat fishing and want an auditory signal of a bite, is to wrap a loop of line around a drink can (empty) and set it on a hard surface. When a fish hits, it tips the can over...tinkle, tinkle. The line keeps going out freely but there is no need to disengage a clicker button to keep from driving yourself and fishing partners wacko with that irritating clicker.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Some guys like to use bells. Dingalings. They also require muss and fuss when you get a strike. A brief moment of inattention can cost you a fish. I once saw a guy almost get his finger removed at the first knuckle while fiddling with a rod tip bell and getting the line around his finger just as a big fish took off across the lake.[/#0000ff]
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