Learn How to Buy Freshwater Fish Gear – The Fly Fishing Reel
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Our series of articles on Freshwater Fishing Gear continues as we try to remove the fright of selecting fishing gear from the novice angler.
Covered in this series is a wide range of fishing tackle including fishing reels such as the baitcaster, rods, lures, fishing lines, and all kinds of other tackle. Once you are done reading the series you will know exactly what you need to made a wise selection of fishing tackle of the job at hand.
We initiated our series with a review of fishing reel, including the spincast, spinning and baitcast reels. These reels have a wide range of uses and functions but in the end they are meant to cast your line and help retrieve your fish, you cannot say that about the final reel in our series. The Fly Casting Reel is the most unique reel of the four main categories. You do not cast your line or reel in your fish with it; the only function of the fly fishing reel is to keep your line organized.
Without a fly reel you would be stumbling over excess line and working to retrieve or release line with each cast. The fly reel, also referred to as a fly casting reel, has historically been rather simple in terms of mechanical construction, little has changed from the first design.
To use a fly reel you simply pull some line off the reel and cast forward, releasing it as the rod flicks forward. Newer designs do come with a drag mechanism to prevent the fish from releasing out more line that is desired.
Newer fly casting reels also have upgraded and advanced disc-type drag systems made of composite materials that boast increased adjustment range, more consistency, and resistance to high temperatures from drag friction. And for the lazy angler you can also find fly reels with an auto retrieve feature to bring in your line without turning a handle.
Fly reels can have a bigger line spool that is designed to cut line memory and allows for consistent drag and aid the quick recovery of loose line in case a fish quickly makes an about face and comes 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.
We will continue with Fly Fishing Reels when our “Freshwater Fishing Gear Beginners Guide” series continues.
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