Freshwater Fishing Buyers Guide – The Fly Fishing Reel
Written by billbam on July 13, 2009 – 11:44 am -Welcome back to our continuing series of articles on “Freshwater Fishing Tackle.” With this series we are hoping to remove the fear of buying fishing tackle from the beginning angler.
We will cover a wide range of fishing tackle including reels, rods, lures, lines, and accessories. It is hoped by the end of the series your can go online and purchase the right tackle and within budget.
The first topic covered has been the fishing reel, including the spincast, spinning and baitcast reels. Although these reels have many differences they basically function the same, you cannot say that about the final reel in our series. The Fly Casting Reel is not intended to cast line or land fish, its sole purpose is to help you manage the fly line.
Without a fly reel you would be tripping over excess line and working to intake or release line with each cast. The fly reel or fly casting reel has traditionally been rather simple in terms of mechanical construction, little has changed from the original design.
To use a fly reel you spool off line by hand, cast forward, and then release as the rod flicks forward. Modern models do incorporate a drag mechanism to prevent the fish from pulling out more line that is desired.
These Modern fly reels also have more sophisticated disc-type drag systems made of composite materials that feature increased adjustment range, consistency, and resistance to high temperatures from drag friction. And an automatic fly reel mechanism for spooling line back onto the reel just by pressing a lever.
Fly reels typically have large line spools designed to reduce line memory, maintain consistent drag and assist the quick retrieval of slack line in the event a hooked fish makes a quick turn back to the angler.
Drawbacks of the fly reel are limited use, since it is primarily used for fly fishing and a much higher price tag, especially at the high end.
A good example of the fly reel is the “Lamson Konic Fly Reel,” priced at $129. Lamson had one goal in creating the Konic: to make a reel with high-end performance, top-tier technology at a reasonable price.
This concludes or review of fishing reels, our Freshwater Fishing Buyers Guide will continue with a review of Fishing Rods.
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