Anyone Use Frabill Artic Fire? Reel Question

[RickWakeman]

I am using the tip ups pictured below but I have a question on how I should reel in the line after hopefully catching a fish. It seems a little akward with the guide, and using the reel itself doesn't seem to get the line on tight enough. If I hold the spindle at the top so the reel stays stationary I can wrap the line, but the guide doesn't allow the line to cover the reel evenly.

Any help would be appreciated.

[berg285]

The main thing with tipups is hand lining fish in.. when you get a flag and its spinning let some line out and slowly feel till you feel tension and set the hook... Just fight the fish by pulling line

[buddlakemusky]

slide your line out of the guide and push the guide up away from your spool

[MEMAGGIENCOMET]

I place the board part between my knees . I always hold onto the line with my other hand as i wind it up putting tension on it so it goes back on the spool tight. 

[Superpole]

Assuming this is after the fish is on the ice...Grab the spool with your left hand so that the guide is between your index and middle fingers (the rest of the tipup will be facing to your left).  Run the line over your middle finger, under your ring finger, and over your pinkie so that you create tension when you reel with your right hand.     

[tinyfisher]

I do it similar to superpole:

Hold tipup shaft (insert giggle here) and line guide in left hand.  Hold reel handle in right hand, and run tipup line between ring and pinky finger of right hand.  Use the fingers on the line to create tension as you reel, and move the line guide up and down to lay the line on the spool evenly.

[NoMe]

I place the board part between my knees . I always hold onto the line with my other hand as i wind it up putting tension on it so it goes back on the spool tight.

X2

The part of the trap opposite the flag, hold between knees, when you get use to it it is like second nature.

[oldbuck]

I remove the line from the guide and rap it around the spool by hand. The guide is there so the line wont get tangled when a fish pulls it out.

[Martian]

  a tip-up, for the most part is just a strike indicator, let it run, by watching the top spin, wait till it stops, remove from hole, take line in hand reel in slowly till you feel resistance , hit him hand line in, re spool ,re set flag. In time, you will know if it is a good fish, and just like a drag on a ree does, wear him out , as opposed to winch him in,you will lose less fish. hope this helps

[IsomBay]

How do you get these reels to spin a little more freely? A few don't have the "give".

[berg285]

How do you get these reels to spin a little more freely? A few don't have the "give".

Loosen the 2 nuts at the top there should be about 1/4 play up and down 

[surflizard]

These tipups can be tuned up by unthreading the trip bar, sliding the spool shaft out, wiping the old grease and appling a new coating of frabill sub zero grease. You will be amazed by how much more freely they spin, it only takes 10 minutes and you will catch more fish ! I regrease mine once a year and they are so much smoother now !
 I cheat when I rewind my AFs !
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