Semi-Automatic Fly Fishing Reel CNC Machined Aluminum with Drag Adjustment for Freshwater Lake River Trout Fishing

Please make a reel foor higher wt rods 5 or 7.

This reel, as many other people have mentioned, does not hold a lot of line. It’s not meant to. It’s meant for people that use a micro leader in euro nymphing. It looks pretty nice for 50 bucks and it works well so far. The tolerances between the spool, and the real could be tighter as sometimes a bit of mono escapes. I bought it to see if I wanted to use this type of real before I went out and spent three hundred dollars. I fished with it twice now and it does what it supposed to. It gets your mono in fast so you don’t get a tangled up when you hook a fish. it’s a little awkward using your pinky to pull the lever. If you have really small hands or are not into micro leaders pass on this.

It's my fault as I should have read the details a bit closer. I bought the reel along with line and leaders. I got 70' to 80' of 5WT line on the reel with no backing at all. If I had gotten even a small amount of backing along with the line on this reel I would have been very happy. As it stands I'm going to put on 75' of backing and cut the fly line down to try and make it work. Yes, I know which end to shorten..... I've never had a semiautomatic fly reel. If it turns out well I will buy a better one that's properly sized as this one wears out. It would be nice if they had different sizes or at least put the size up with the picture. It looks nice and time will tell how well it's made.

The media could not be loaded. As others say, maybe 75-80 feet of 4 weight line without backing. That said, if you are fishing with 4 weight line, you aren’t likely to be catching big Browns that strip off a lot of line and get you into backing. More meaningful, there is a pin that holds the ‘trigger’ to the reel body. This pin is held in place merely by friction and mine was half way out when it arrived. It is very loose. I put a little super glue on it to hold it.

There are no instructions with this semi-automatic fly reel. no info about fly line capacity or type of drag

I haven't had it on the water yet but have used fully automatic reels for over 50 years. Yeah, the friends may laugh, but while they are frantically winding up excess line to get a fish on the reel or just want to move, then you get to laugh.

I bought this in spite of a bad review, because its Amazon and... you know. I love it. If you are a fly fishing snob, this will not pass the friends gauntlet. However, if you fish for yourself and just like trouble free fly fishing, getting the line out of the current, away from your legs, and off the boat floor, you are going to love it.One caveat. I would only use this for light 3 or 4 weight lines. The spool is completely full without backing on a five weight. I wonder if this manufacturer makes a saltwater model and a model with a larger spool capacity?

If the drag adjustment does not work, like mine didn't, contact the seller for fairly easy repair instructions. Be aware that the spool screw is reverse threaded. Loose tolerances makes the spool and handle rattle while reeling. Very small spool capacity. A larger edition is needed for anything over a 3 weight. Otherwise, the winding lever gives the spool about 3 revolutions per pull and more if it has little resistance for free-spool. It should be fine for those who are looking for a micro Euro-nymphing or mono-rig reel.