Sounds like your spring is worn - probably from being left tightened down too long somewhere in it's past.. Most Young reels have a very strong/loud check.

You can either find and buy a new spring or try your hand at reshaping yours. Bill Archuleta would be a good place to start for a new spring. If there are none available, then reshaping would be your only bet. I've never done it but I've heard you have to be very careful not to break it. Just a gentle bend, a little at a time, til it makes your click as strong as you want it, then bake it in the oven at a specific temperature for a specific time (I'd have to look those up) - You could probably have Arch do this for you too..

Eric

 

Young,s springs

s far as heating them, i,m not sure about that. When steel is heated and cooled slowly,it softens or anneals. Auto leaf springs are always re-arched cold. hope this helps. Alex.

 

Here is a thread about tuning springs. Ron, I believe, will also do this for you if you contact him about it. http://www.classicflyrodforum.com/topic/4144

Russell

 

Also, if I engage both pawls, it just gets harder to reel , and doesn't make the drag any tighter...

Sounds to me like flipping the pawls over might solve your problem. If the incoming gets harder then the "drag" is actually working for the other hand retrieve. I.e. if you are currently reeling left handed, the drag would actually be getting stiffer, while not increasing the incoming resistance, if you were using it right handed. Does that make sense? I can picture the solution in my head but am having a hard time articulating it.
Try cranking with the hand that you don't normally use. You should feel that the incoming is light while the outgoing has gotten stiffer. If that's the case, flipping the pawls over might be the answer. That being said, some reels just favor a right or left hand retrieve and the only way to alter that is to rebend and temper the springs.

 

Hmmm....
Well, I'm not to hot at "Tweek'n" stuff, ( Ya think not Guicc??:chuckle::saevilw: ) so I'll either deal with it or send it off I think..... Iv'e messed with the pawls, but it still seems to make no diff in the drag... How do you mean by Flipping them over ??
Thanks for the help guys!

 

How do you mean by Flipping them over ??

Flip it over like a pancake or turning the page on a book. Make the flat side that is currently facing you, face the reel frame.

 

but it does seem that it could posibly brirds nest on a hot fish-

That'll just add a little more excitement!:lildevl:

 

Yahoooooo



Just what you need brother! Picture yourself running down stream on giant cobbles trying not to break your neck with a freaking out A run on and a hung reel....


HAHAHAHAHAHA:saevilw:

 

Exciting yes Mike, but you know I don't hook enough fish to take any chances!!!!!!!!!!!!

You turn them loose anyways. The way I look at it once you've moved the fish to the fly you've won. The rest is anticlimatic and just wasting time that could be used to entice another fish to move to your fly. The steelheader's version of counting coup.

Picture yourself running down stream on giant cobbles trying not to break your neck with a freaking out A run on and a hung reel....

Come on, you sound like an old man. Add a little excitement to your life. Hell, it's free.:lildevl:

 

You turn them loose anyways. The way I look at it once you've moved the fish to the fly you've won. The rest is anticlimatic and just wasting time that could be used to entice another fish to move to your fly. The steelheader's version of counting coup.



Come on, you sound like an old man. Add a little excitement to your life. Hell, it's free.:lildevl:

So that one I snapped off last fall ,on the set, doing my best impersonation of Mike Iconelli doing a Bassmasters DVD on how to drill a 10+ lb bass while flipp'n a "crusty craw" , was a count !!!!!!! Woohoo, I'm no longer a steely vergineer!!!!!!!!

DOODE!!!!!!!!!!! I don't need anymore excitement these days man!!!!!!!!!!! Plus, I want a touch once in awhile!!!!!!!!



I'll try flipping the pawls tonight Ghetto, thanks again for the help=

 

Yo Farmer John send me some pics of the insides when you get home. I may have something that will help you out , just need to see the insides first. talk to you tonight brotha.. Kevin