Can anyone reccommend a fly fishing reel?

[ctwhitelaw]

This year i plan to go fly fishing alot more often the reel i have is a Airflo rimfly not one im familiar with mostly hear of greys scierra snowbee and Wychwood

But I am intending to buy a new one preferably for salmon brown trout and sea trout or Game I could say but i think im a little spoiled for choice

so i was wondering if anyone could kindly reccommend me a good fly reel

Cheers

Craig

[isle of innisfree]

DONT KNOW HOW MUCH YOU WANT TO SPEAND BUT A NICE MID RANGE WOULD BE GRAYS GRXI WITH THREE SPARE SPOOLS, YOU SHOULD GET IT FOR ABOUT £45
sorrry about caps

[ctwhitelaw]

Okay Thanks Mate Will Look Into That

[Portland Pirate]

Hi Craig.

If you are on a limited budget, and I am only assuming this because of your age, so I might be totally wrong. Then I would not spend a lot of money on a fly reel. Buy a cheap one and spend your money on a good fly line. You will get far more out of a decent line. You will probably find that you will catch a lot more fish. The reason is that you will be able to cast further and with more accuracy. The line will also behave better on or in the water thus giving better presentation of the fly.

However if money is not such an object then I can highly recommend the Airflo T7. I love it.

[isle of innisfree]

Originally Posted by Portland Pirate

Hi Craig.

If you are on a limited budget, and I am only assuming this because of your age, so I might be totally wrong. Then I would not spend a lot of money on a fly reel. Buy a cheap one and spend your money on a good fly line. You will get far more out of a decent line. You will probably find that you will catch a lot more fish. The reason is that you will be able to cast further and with more accuracy. The line will also behave better on or in the water thus giving better presentation of the fly.

However if money is not such an object then I can highly recommend the Airflo T7. I love it.

i agree somewhat with this but buying a line no matter what line in a couple of years depending on use will need replacing but that greys will still be good in many years time if treated properly and with this make it will keep it value quite well. yes there are better reels out there and i was thinking about price to quality ratio

[Portland Pirate]

£45 for a reel with a Greys badge on it and 3 spare spools sounds like a bargain to me.

[Ron Clay]

Best value around in fly reels at the moment is the Pfleuger Trion for about £57.00. Its made from bar stock aluminium and has an excellent disc drag. It's so good a few of the top names use the same reel with slightly modified cosmetics and sell it for double the price.

[Pleccy]

Lamson Konic, see my review.