experts at fly fishing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?
Posted by admin on Sunday, March 7th, 2010
I want to start fly fishing and I have no experince.I’m preety good at spinning and trolling but I really want to know if this one is a good reel for starters and I also want cheep things. Is this good for the price?
http://www.sportco.com/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=41074&idcategory=337
also I need a fly rod for a cheep price and easy to handle.
if possible, free shipping.
Filed in Fly Fishing Rods | 5 responses so far
Fisher_Kingon 08 Mar 2010 at 12:06 am 1I’m not an expert, but I have Fly-fished for 25 years.
That auto-reel would be fine for small Trout & Panfish, but if you hook into a bigger fish your gonna have issues.
Here’s a better cheaper reel that is great for a beginner F-fisherman:
Pflueger Medalist 1500-
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/links/link.jsp?id=0011204311109a&type=product&cmCat=SEARCH_all&returnPage=search-results1.jsp&Ntt=pflueger+fly+reel&Ntk=Products&sort=all&Go.y=11&_D%3AhasJS=+&N=0&_D%3Asort=+&Nty=1&hasJS=true&_DARGS=%2Fcabelas%2Fen%2Fcommon%2Fsearch%2Fsearch-box.jsp.form1&Go.x=13&_dyncharset=ISO-8859-1
In Flyfishing, the rod is the most important aspect, so buying a rod cheaper than $50 is a mistake.
Here are some options:
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/links/link.jsp?id=0052677320499a&type=product&cmCat=SEARCH_all_NYR&returnPage=search-results1.jsp&Ntk=Products&sort=all&Go.y=7&_D%3AhasJS=+&Nty=1&hasJS=true&No=18&nyr=1&Ne=46&Ntt=fly+rod&N=48&_D%3Asort=+&_DARGS=%2Fcabelas%2Fen%2Fcommon%2Fsearch%2Fsearch-box.jsp.form1&_dyncharset=ISO-8859-1&Go.x=23
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/pod/horizontal-pod.jsp?_DARGS=/cabelas/en/common/catalog/pod-link.jsp_A&_DAV=MainCatcat20431-cat602038&rid=&indexId=cat602038&navAction=push&masterpathid=&navCount=3&parentType=index&parentId=cat602038&id=0029781
Http://www.cabelas.com has decent entry-level outfit’s and rods.Go do a search for Fly-rods at Cabelas…..
AIRFLOWon 08 Mar 2010 at 12:38 am 2Fisher_King has given you some great advice, the reel you suggest with “auto wind” is only suitable for picking up the loose line and will not retrieve a fish, i must also point out that buying cheap in fly fishing doesn’t work, get the best quality WF fly line you can.
jduck1979_16feb03on 08 Mar 2010 at 1:13 am 3In fly fishing, the reel isn’t as important as it is in other forms of fishing, as it’s just there to provide somewhere to put the line………..
As for the rod, I’d suggest this Berkley:
http://www.sportco.com/ProductCart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=40819&idcategory=336
Or importing from the UK:
http://www.mullarkeys.co.uk/fishing/fishing-rods-(including-kits-and-combos)/trout-fly-fishing-rods/0/shakespeare/4184/
http://www.mullarkeys.co.uk/fishing/fishing-rods-(including-kits-and-combos)/trout-fly-fishing-rods/0/abu-garcia/4323/
I can also recommend this book to help you get started:
http://astore.amazon.com/wormdanglecou-20/detail/1580112331
Bilbo50on 08 Mar 2010 at 2:00 am 4Hi, A great site for beginners is http://www.betterflyfishing.com
mariobebeon 08 Mar 2010 at 2:36 am 5Good to see that you want to start fly fishing. Much better than Nasty fishing. Do not buy that reel! Where are you located? I have some new rods that would suit your needs.