For some reason, I am unable to post a reply in my thread "Any old automatic fly reel mechanics out there?". Whenever I hit the REPLY button, it just jumps back to my last message. The EDIT button leads me to the correct editing page, but the REPLY or FULL EDITOR buttons won't work for me (and only on that particular post).

[Yes, that is to make life easier on mobile users. We can no longer reply to our own posts. Simply edit your post and add the new information. Tom]


Anyway, I just want to thank midmofly, Gary, for helping me fix my very old Utica Reel automatic. He went to the trouble of taking one of his apart so he could assist me. He let me know my suspected broken/incorrect/ill-fitted parts were correct and normal and pointed out the possibility of a tiny pin being missing that would cause the issues I was having.

He dead-on nailed it.

I made a new pin out of the shank of a size 6 streamer hook, popped it into place, and the reel now operates as intended. I only had to remove three screws and didn't even get my fingers greasy (which is usually a sure thing when working on an automatic reel!).

Thanks very much Gary! I hope I'll be able to return the favor in the future and help you out somehow.

Thanks!

There was an announcement several months (maybe a year now, I don't recall exactly) back that, in future we could not reply to our own replies, if no one has posted to your thread since you did, you would be talking to/answering your self so an edit was deemed a better or less storage using solution.
It has been mentioned numerous times since implementation, in threads just like this. See Tom's edit to post #1.
I'm not positive but I think an edit brings the thread back to the top in "new posts", it seems to.

no, it's that you can't follow your own post unless someone else has posted behind you.

so instead, you edit your last post.