PICKING Your NEW Fly Reel | What to LOOK FOR in a Reel!

hi everyone Ryan Ratliff here guide and fly-tying manager at Mad River Outfitters so you're in the market for a new flywheel a couple things that we're gonna ask you so what's your budget so are you pretty restricted does the wife or whoever have you a wallet pretty restricted or did you get some extra money from your meemaw from Christmas nice memories first thing we need to talk about is the budget that's what we're gonna ask you what do you want to spin so there's all kinds of options out there if you are just fishing for trout just fishing for pan fish bass where you're hardly ever gonna get any drag or any they're not gonna pull out any line from off the reel then we're pretty simple it's gonna basically be a line holder we want to you know we don't want to have just something that looks like a line holder we want something that looks nice so you've got to take those into consideration to a couple different options there's a real out that is fifty dollars somewhere around there and it is great it's going to have a better drag then you're gonna need it's going to hold the line and it's going to be a larger arbor there's all kinds of different verbage and stuff that we use but basically there is a reel that is currently out called the cross waters by Reddington basically it's like a plastic reel so this it holds a line just fine it's got a drag on it so if you would happen to need to have that drag it's a great option what you're looking for in a budget reel is just basically something that is going to take care of the needs for the fish that you're trying to go after if you're going to catch a fish that might take the drag maybe you might come in contact with a carp or you may be a stray catfish when your bass fishing then you want it something that might have at least an option to slow a fish down so this is a drag now some reels don't have dragons are called click Paul's where you would actually palm the reel that's one way to slow it down that has something an exposed rim that you can palm that's one thing to do so a budget reel is something that is going to meet the needs it might not look the best it might not be the most durable but it's going to at least meet your needs so a real like this is a great option if you have a little bit more money saved up then you might want to move into a metal reel a couple different types of options you have cast aluminum and you have machined aluminum the cast aluminum is going to be light it's going to be fairly durable and it's going to be made out of a material aluminum but it's going to be made where it's going to be versatile you can usually switch the spools with it so it's it's a good option there is just the one that I have here is this spectrum see metal obviously cast aluminum that's what it is right so it's got a drag the only issue was a cast reel is they're not very impact resistant so if I would drop this just like a plastic reel if I would drop it it could break crack Bend the spool something like that but most of the time under regular fishing conditions and different strenuous things that we do and we fit the this is going to be totally fine either one of these reels so if you're in the but in if you have a budget and you're in the market for something that's relatively inexpensive than a cast reel or maybe one of these higher and modern plastic reels so if you do if you do have a little bit extra money and you want to save up for something and you're actually fishing for something that's going to take drag and you need to have a smooth drag then there are many reels out there most of those reels are going to be a machined aluminum reel it's gonna be a little bit more durable a little bit higher quality precise machining so the the spool is going to rotate more smoothly and they're gonna have higher-quality drags now if I'm bass fishing if I am catching smaller trout's bluegill fishing I don't need the drag like I said earlier so I wouldn't necessarily be going for a high-end real for those types of fish unless that's what you like but a real like this is highly machined it's been tried and true for many many years it has a drag system that will stop just about anything one of the keys with a drag or the higher end reels in the drag system is what we call startup inertia so once the drag gets pulled it's going to be slow this is hard there's just enough to make it stop from back lashing but as it starts to go it's going to really that's when the drag kicks in it's going to really tighten up so it's a smoother drag system start up and as it peels out fish that take a lot of drag you're talking about your salmon you're a big big carp you're some steelhead you're all your saltwater type fish especially your big Tarpons blue water fish that type of thing it's gonna need to be a reel that has good startup inertia and something that's going to have a good adjustable drag and this isn't something that you're gonna get I'm not going to buy this again to go bluegill fishing I'm not gonna buy this to go even bass fishing per se so these reels also have had many world records on them that type of thing so your high-end reels you know them because you look at the price tags on them but your keyboard your Nautilus your your hatch reels your ross reels your Abel reels all those types of reels are going to be high-end reels that are high quality have good durable coatings on them good good durable reels that have good durable adjustable drag depends on what your budget is there are reels out there for everyone's budget thanks for joining us don't forget to subscribe and down there somewhere maybe here or here something down there like it right like it I guess I know that's what they say I don't know but something like that and give us a call well we're here to help you out all right thanks if you like this video hit subscribe it helps out a lot and check out these videos we think you might like them too you

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Length: 7min 0sec (420 seconds)

Published: Tue Jun 25 2019