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Centrepins in the rain.

I find that when the spool lip gets wet i cant get enough purcase with my thumb to slow up a running barbel as its too slippery
 
This is all the information I needed in order to stick with my fixed spool reels. I was offered a new Purist II yesterday for £170.00, but the seller withheld the FACT that it won't work when wet. Lucky escape. 😁
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Chris Thomson said:
I find that when the spool lip gets wet i cant get enough purcase with my thumb to slow up a running barbel as its too slippery
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Chris. Ian gave some interesting info. In response to my post. I have an adcock stanton pin and that has a knurled lip that is better than the ones I have with a smooth lip when playing an angry Barbel on a pin in the rain. I had that yesterday and I found myself wishing I had either my stanton or a fixed spool. Happily though all ended well but it wasn't the usual controlled affair you get with a pin in dry conditions.
 
Kevin Steele said:
This is all the information I needed in order to stick with my fixed spool reels. I was offered a new Purist II yesterday for £170.00, but the seller withheld the FACT that it won't work when wet. Lucky escape. 😁
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Of course they work when its wet 🤣.
To be honest I would opt for a fixed spool if legering any further than 30 or so yards. Accurate casting and casting under overhanging trees etc up to the 30yds is so much better (for me) with a centrepin reel though.

Regarding float fishing on running water "imo" a centrepin reel is the best tool for trotting a top and bottom float by a country mile.....although you do need to master the use of one to get the benefits they give you, if your not prepared to do that then you are probably better to stick to a fixed spool reel.
 
Ian Woods said:
Of course they work when its wet 🤣.
To be honest I would opt for a fixed spool if legering any further than 30 or so yards. Accurate casting and casting under overhanging trees etc up to the 30yds is so much better (for me) with a centrepin reel though.

Regarding float fishing on running water "imo" a centrepin reel is the best tool for trotting a top and bottom float by a country mile.....although you do need to master the use of one to get the benefits they give you, if your not prepared to do that then you are probably better to stick to a fixed spool reel.
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Ian. Yes they work. I have 30 years experience using pins and what I'm saying is they can cause problems in the rain. Yes you can take the spool off and dry them inside but you have to ask yourself, is this something you want to do? You can laugh but it happens. Wish I'd never brought the subject up. Just trying to contribute to the group. 🙂
 
Andrew Jackson said:
Ian. Yes they work. I have 30 years experience using pins and what I'm saying is they can cause problems in the rain. Yes you can take the spool off and dry them inside but you have to ask yourself, is this something you want to do? You can laugh but it happens. Wish I'd never brought the subject up. Just trying to contribute to the group. 🙂
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A drew, I hadn't quoted your post bud 👍.
 
Nail on the head Ian. 👍🏻

I love trotting floats and I love doing it with both centre pins and fixed spool reel’s depending on the situation of course but you are dead right as far as presentation is concerned, a pin definitely rules especially when it comes to reducing your speed through.

I’ve only recently started trying pins for ledgering aswell and to be fair …… not a fan. Seems a pointless affair to me Personally as I’m not gaining anything from the reel or process like I do when using them for trotting.

Traditionalists and pin lovers probably throwing darts at my avatar picture right now after reading that but Oh well ….

As for not working when wet…. Never had that issue before and I’ve dunked the things a time or two when deep wading. You just need a cloth in your pocket to wipe out the back plate every now n then when something gets in there.
 
I did drop my pin in the river when trotting a few times, all you have to do is just to get the water out and use a dry cloth to wipe it a bit.
Regarding ledgering with the pin, I found I am casting more accurate with the pin, especially the underarm cast, maybe I am just a bad fixed spool caster. And of course, if I am casting more than 20-30 meters or using heavy lead ( > 3oz), I will use fixed spool.
 
Richard Isaacs said:
Nail on the head Ian. 👍🏻

I love trotting floats and I love doing it with both centre pins and fixed spool reel’s depending on the situation of course but you are dead right as far as presentation is concerned, a pin definitely rules especially when it comes to reducing your speed through.

I’ve only recently started trying pins for ledgering aswell and to be fair …… not a fan. Seems a pointless affair to me Personally as I’m not gaining anything from the reel or process like I do when using them for trotting.

Traditionalists and pin lovers probably throwing darts at my avatar picture right now after reading that but Oh well ….

As for not working when wet…. Never had that issue before and I’ve dunked the things a time or two when deep wading. You just need a cloth in your pocket to wipe out the back plate every now n then when something gets in there.
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Agree on every point you've raised Richard
 
I love using my centrepins and will find ways to use them when most would have given up on them. However, I don't see much point in them for anything but trotting top and bottom floats. As I'm prepared to use floats way above and beyond the common or garden stick float, and I'm happy to use long rods, I'm trotting in situations/conditions that would see many anglers resorting to lead or wagglers. Once in a blue moon I do use a centrepin on a stillwater just so I can catch a tench or carp on one, but that's the absolute limit of my centrepin use outside of flowing water.

As for centrepins being unusable in rain, I don't find that. Some designs are worse than others in the rain, but that's as far as it goes for the reels I have. Things can certainly be worse if the water is carrying particles of dust, grit, sand etc. Rivers and stillwaters with high levels of turbidity can sometimes leave particles on line and guides which can occasionally get to the reel. Once in a blue moon, rainfall itself can carry high amounts of (Saharan) dust, it happened a month or two ago. Dunking a centrepin (or any other reel) in water is a really bad idea. For those bank fishing, having reels close to the ground, raining or not, is also asking for trouble.
 
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