Choosing a Fly ReelWritten by Brett Fogle
The definition of a fly reel has changed a great deal in last couple of decades. Once thought of as simply ” a place to hold your line” fly reel has evolved into a highly specialized piece of gear. With phrases such as “startup inertia”, “large arbor”, and “heat dissipative disc drag”, beginner can often be led to believe that they need to be an expert in Newtonian physics to make an informed purchase. I’ll try to simplify things a bit. Fly reel does do more than just hold line. A poor quality fly reel is a wonderful way to lose large fish, especially when fishing on light leaders and tippets. Additionally, selecting wrong fly reel for a particular fly rod can throw off entire balance of outfit. So, let's get started learning about world of fly reels.Selecting Right Fly Reel When looking around for right fly reel, a person new to world of fly fishing will get a big surprise. There's seemingly just as many fly reels in world today as there are spin fishing reels. So let's break things down a bit and try to sort out different types of fly reels on market and what you should look for when shopping for one.
| | Fly Line ColorWritten by Brett Fogle
There are quite a few colors of fly lines available. Some floating fly lines are bright yellow, others are fluorescent green, and still others are a pumpkin orange. So, with all fly line colors available, which one should you choose.For sinking lines, it is generally best to choose a line that is darker in color, such as brown. While this point is open to argument and debate, most anglers seem to conclude that when sub-surface fishing, fish may be less apt to see a darker color fly line than a bright one. However, for top water or floating lines, color of line is generally immaterial as far as fish goes. Whatever color of fly line, when looking up, a fish is bound to see it except for at night (when a dark line may prove beneficial). A fish looking up towards surface of water will see fly line regardless of color since line itself is lit up from
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