Are theses rods and reels any good for fly fishing?
Posted by admin on Saturday, January 30th, 2010
i have a intrepid 78 LA a shakespeare professional 2528 and 2 okuma 380s reels and my rods are a leeda rimfly concept and a leeda xl rimfly
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AIRFLOWon 30 Jan 2010 at 6:21 am 1Yes, there’s no need to spend a fortune on fly fishing gear if you’re just starting out or don’t have that much to spend on fly gear, leeda rods are good quality for the price, obviously you aren’t going to get the same performance as say a say Z-axsis, but this is all in good time,soon you will be bale to get something a little better but for now they should last long enough, i would use the okuma reel as they often have a better build quality than Shakespeare, which have been known to snap at the reel foot in the lower priced models, just ensure you use a high quality line as that’s the most important part, thats what carries out the fly, good makes to try are RIO, Airflo and Cortland.