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Freshwater Fishing Gear Buyer’s Guide - The Fly Fishing Reel
Posted by Bill Keller at Jul 17th, 2009 in Fly Fishing
Our series of articles on Freshwater Fishing Gear continues as we try to remove the fright of selecting fishing gear from the novice angler.
We address a wide range of fishing gear including reels, rods, baits, lines, and a ton of other gear. We hope by the conclusion of the series that you will be able to buy the exact fishing tackle for the type of fishing you will be doing.
The first subject reviewed is the fishing reel, starting with the spincast, spinning and baitcast reels. These reels have many differences but basically do the same job, you cannot say that about the final reel in our series. The Fly Fishing Reel was designed as a way to manage your fishing line and is not used for casting or reeling in your catch.
A fly casting reel helps prevent you from tripping over your line and to retrieve and rewind it and not much else. The fly casting reel has through the years has been very elementary in terms of mechanical construction, little has changed from the original design.
To use a fly reel you spool off line manually, cast forward, and then release as the rod flies forward. Modern models do incorporate a drag mechanism to stop the fish from dragging out more line that is wanted.
Contemporary fly reels can have high tech disc-type drag systems made of composite materials that feature wider adjustment range, consistency, and resistance to high temperatures caused by line drag. Another nice feature in recent year is an automatic fly reel mechanism for retrieving line back onto the reel with the press of a button.
Fly reels typically have bigger line spools built to cut line memory, maintain consistent drag and aid the quick recovery of slack line in case a hooked fish makes a quick turn back to the angler.
The primary weaknesses of the fly reel is its limited use, it is used strictly for fly fishing and does not allow for casting. Fly casting reels also tend to be on the expensive side.
A fine example of fly fishing reel is the “White River Fly Shop Classic Machined Fly Reel,” priced at under $90. It is a fully machined, fully featured fly reel with all-steel, one-way bearings, polished steel drag stack, with meticulous attention to detail in every step of manufacturing process.
Our review of the Fly Fishing Reel is next article in the continuing series “Freshwater Fishing Gear Beginners Guide.
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