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The first type of drag system is the traditional Spring-andPawl-drag. Just because this drag type if traditional doesntmean its outdated. In fact, spring-and-pawl fly reels are idealfor trout fishing, particularly when using light tippets. Whenline is pulled out of a quality spring-and-pawl fly reel, it ispulled out very smoothly indeed. There is no "jerkiness" or"unevenness" in the tension that is applied to the line. The lineinstead leaves the reel at a very smooth rate, without anyvariations in the amount of tension. By getting rid of theunevenness in tension, the fly reel goes a long way towardsprotecting the tippet.Try to think about it this way. You have a large fish on line.The fish starts pulling out fly line at a good rate. Then, thetension on the line suddenly increases then slackens again. Whathappens? If youre using a light tippet, youre fish is gone,thats what. The sudden increase in tension in the rate the flyline came out of the reel parted the tippet material. Its notmuch different than giving a good jerk on the fly line when youwant to break the fly line because of being hooked on underwaterlogs or rocks.So, the moral of the story is this. A quality spring-and-pawldrag system is excellent for most trout fishing situations,particularly those where you will be fishing using light tackleand tippets.Whats the drawback of a spring-and-pawl drag fly reel? They arenot designed for very large fish, like large bass, steelhead,salmon or saltwater species. While they work, they dont work aswell as the newer disc-drag models discussed below.Disc Drag Fly Fishing ReelsThe second type of drag system is the newer disc-drag system.This type of fly reel uses various materials that essentially actlike a brake on a car. A pad inside the fly reel is adjusted upor downward (by the drag adjustment on the reel), which in turnapplies more or less tension to the fly line. Disc-drag fly reelsare all the rage in fly fishing. Even the cheapest of the cheapfly reels tout their disc drag system.Disc drag reels excel in large fish situations, like whencatching exceptionally large trout, large bass, steelhead, salmonor saltwater species. The disc drag reel is designed to exert asmooth but hard pressure on the fly line without seizing up andis ideal when large fish that strip out hundreds of feet of lineare caught.The drawback to a disc drag reel as far as fly fishing goes isthat in comparison to a quality spring-and-pawl reel, the tensioncan be just a bit more uneven. This is not a problem in mostfishing situations that a normal trout fisherman will encounter.However, if you are using 6x and 7x tippets and fishing for warytrout, even the slightest hesitation or change in tensionpressure can cause a tippet to part ways with the trout.Now that you know more about the drag system on fly reels, it isnow time to turn our attention to the quality of the fly reel.

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