reelly dumb question

[EdS]

as its been years since I used one:

on fly / centre pin reels do folks have the ratchet mechanism "clicking" when playing out line or taking in ie smooth out & ratcheted in or vice versa?

 

[Bushwhacker]

*My fly reel ratchets both ways but the clutch only works in one direction - feeding line out. Centre pins for trotting have the freespool option iirc. *warning: may contain elements of 'wrong' I've been at the Veltins tonight.