The 12 Best Reels – Fly-Fishing Reels reviews

hey I’m Jeff with avid max. And todayI’ve got the Eddington cross water real with. It is great real it’s. One of the entry-level reels from Eddington. Though it’s one of their entry-level reels. It still comes with a lot of nice features. That you’re gonna find on. Some higher-end reels so it’s made out of a really durable composite material which is going to be great as its going to kind of resist. Some of those Nicks. And scratches and really still be able to hold up for you pretty well. You can tell here as well they’ve also tried to make. This a little bit of a larger Arbor reel so that’s going to help. You be able to draw the line in a little bit faster. And it’s also going to help a little bit with keeping some of the memory out of the line. This reel is going to come in a couple of different sizes so. If you’re going for a little bit smaller fish. And got a little bit smaller rod size there. It comes in four five six weight design. If you’re going for a little bit bigger. Than like, it also has a 7 8 9 size to. It as well these reels also come with interchangeable spools so. If you’ve got a couple of different kinds of fly line maybe sometimes use a floating and sometimes a sinking you can order.

Some extra spools as well. And just pop those off real easy. And put them back on then. You can also see as. You take that off this has a nice sealed disc drag system. And on the back here we’ll just put the spool right back on there on the back here it’s got a pretty easy to manipulate knob there that’s going to adjust the drag for you. You crank this down. It really does have quite a bit of drag with. And then there’s a lot of play in between. Where the drag is all the way on. All the way off and that’s going to help. You move from maybe hooking into a pretty big fish then maybe the next. One isn’t quite as big you’re going to be able to adjust. This pretty well specific for. Each different fish. That you’re gonna be catching there. It also comes with a kind of great little cloth bag here. That way at the end of the day after. You take this off your rod.

You can throw it in their then it’s not going to get dinged. Or scratch as it in your truck car. Whatever you have on the way home there it’s also pretty easy to convert. These from right-hand retrieve to a left-hand retrieve whichever one’s going to be easiest for you’ll be able to do. That real well the other great thing about. These reels is they also come pre-loaded so. You want to take some of the guesswork out of which line. You should be ordering you can just order. One of these kits here that’s going to come with the reel as well as the right kind of line. And leader as well already attached. And tied on to it there. You need to do is string this through your rod tie a fly on. And you’re good to go so. If you’re just kind of looking forward. That reel that’s going to get. You into fly fishing or maybe just kind of entry-level real that’s going to be great for kind of all-around use. This one’s going to do the awesome.

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hey I’m Jeff with avid max. And today we’ve got the cross water fly-fishing outfit with. Us here from Eddington. It is a great set up. That has really a lot of different options with. It so we’ll go over. Some of those options in a minute but before. Ijust wanted to show. You what’s going to be similar about. All of them so with. All of the outfits here you’re gonna get the cross water fly rod. And then you’re also going to get the cross water reel. And then the reel is going to be matched to the rod so it’s going to be the appropriate size for it. And it’s also going to come with the right line for it as well so. These rails are going to come with your backing and then the fly line as well as a leader that’s matched through. That as well I said there were a couple of different options. And there really are quite a. Few so you’ve got two different sizes here the two-piece. Or the four-piece and that’s just kind of preference on which. You like better you don’t kind of. You got a little bit smaller car might be nicer to get the four-piece there. And then they also come in a couple of different sizes so. You can get seven and a half feet eight. And a half feet or nine feet.

And then there are a variety of different weights. You can choose as well so. They go from a four weight. All the way up to a nine weight. And on the little bit bigger rods here. This is a nine weight here but for all the rods from a seven weight up to a nine weight they’re also going to have the fighting but on the in there. It just makes it a little bit. More comfortable as you’re trying to reel in. Some of those bigger woods the reels. That come on these rods are entry level reel but. It comes with a lot of great features, so they’re. All going to be set up for a left-hand retrieve but. They can also all be swapped out to be used as a right-hand retrieve as well. And then all have a disc drag system as well. You can see here it’s a pretty big easy to manipulate drag knob on the back.

You crank it really does have quite a bit of drag so. This is going to be real easy to use on the fly so. You hook into maybe it’s just a little fish. You catch first and then the next. One is really a monster it’s going to be easy to kind of crank. That down on the fly. And be able to use that the cross water rods are. All medium action of fly rock. They feel really good in your hand, so they’ve got kind of the traditional cork handle there. You put them together. They feel really bounce. And then just a nice rod. They also all come with a really nice here rod tube. One of the things I like about. These kind of rod tubes is. They have an integrated spot here for the real as well so at the end of the day.

You just have to break the rod down. It doesn’t matter whether you’ve got the four piece. Or the two piece here. You can just break them down. And then you don’t. Even have to take the reel off of the rod. You just throw all right there in the rod tube. And you’re not gonna have to worry about the fly rod. Something landed on. It get broken in half. Or kind of damaging and scuffing up reel at. All here the other nice thing about. This reel is it has as. You can tell here it has a really large arbor. One of the things that the larger Arbor is going to do it’s actually going to do a couple of things for you it’s going to help with the retrieval speed but it’s also going to keep the line memory out of. This line as well all the lines. That come on these reels. This outfit is going to be the same they’re. All going to be a weight forward floating fly line. That is going to be great for a variety of different freshwater fishing applications the reel seat here is also saltwater compatible.

These reels don’t come with the salt water line on them so you’d have to switch. That out if that’s a type of fishin. You wanted to do if you’re just looking for kind of. One entry level system to get. You out on the water the first time but. That still comes with. Some really nice high quality components. This is going to be a great outfit for you being able to choose from a variety of different sizes. And weights even a two piece. Or 4 pieces and then having everything. That is matched so you got to do. You get out there in the water just pull. Some lines throw through tie a fly on. And be ready to go it’s going to be a great setup for you hey. You liked our video make sure to give it a thumbs up as well as add. Any of your comments. Or suggestions down below for more fly fishing and outdoor related videos subscribe to our avid max YouTube channel thanks for watching, and we’ll see. You out there

hey I’m Jeff from avid Max. And today we’ve got the cross water rods with. Us here it’s a great entry-level rod from Eddington so it’s gonna have a lot of the features. That you’re gonna find on. Some higher-end rods but still come in at a great price. It also comes with a large variety of ways. You can purchase what I mean by. It comes anywhere from a four weight to a nine weight there’s also three different sizes. That vary a little bit depending on which weight. You get so you can get seven. And a half feet eight. And a half feet or nine feet. And then they come in. Either two piece or 4 pieces so. This is the size 2 piece here. That you’re gonna get with an 8. And a half foot rot so obviously adjusts. It a little bit one of the others. And then this is the 4 piece rod. Ibelieve this is from. One of the 9-foot rod lengths so. This is the longest that’s going to be. You were to get one of the four piece rods it’s gonna come with kind of lot of the standard features got a nice cork handle here it’s got an anodized aluminum real seat which is great. You can use it kind of at. Any different kind of water. And they’re also going to come with a nice cloth bag just to kind of keep them from getting scratched up getting real dirty as they’re in the car. Something like these are. All kind of medium to maybe medium fast action rod obviously you’re gonna want to make sure.

You get the same sized rod. You do the line. And the rest of it going up. And match that to the type of fishing. That you’re going to do so. This is just a four weight rod here which is obviously going to be used for a lot smaller fish maybe. Some of those high mountain streams. Whereas you get up into those seven eight-nine weight. You got the fighting but on. It you’re going to be able to go for a lot bigger fish. That way as well the nice thing about. These rods too is they also come as a complete outfit. You want to take some of the guesswork out of what size line. And then the leader. That needs to go on the end of. You can just order one of the complete kits as well. And it’ll take that guesswork out of. It for you and send. We package hey you liked our video make sure to give it a thumbs up as well as add.

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hi David Lance here with stage here to talk about a new real family. We have here at stage called the spectrum comes in three different kinds of versions. We have the standard version which is the spectrum. Some features of. This large arbor real. One revolution drag knob basically throughout. This entire series we have stages filled carbon drag system so that’s shared between. All three and basically as. You move up the line its application specific so. You want a lighter weight version of the real. Or a heavyweight version of the real so the next. One which is kind of our ideal trout real setup is the spectrum LP so again same sealed carbon drag system but. You have more porting on the arbor. More defensive about forty D tents to choose from on here with half d tents in there so. You can really dial in. And know what kind of number. You want to fish at so.

One of the advantages of. That is like if you’re on like a 3. You know that 6x breaks a 3. You know exactly at what point. That tip is going to break on. You so it’s one of those things. You really need to try out. And fish for the first time to understand. You actually do fish. You kind of never want to go back to. And then if you’re going into. Some saltwater fishing or. Some bigger two-handed stuff. We have the spectrum max so again same steel carbon drag system in. One revolution dragon odd-numbered drag knob but. This is a really strong frame to school connection it’s a conical system so really stable real again perfect for any of your saltwater applications.

Or 2nded applications.

Hi Joe from red fly shop here shooting our first ever product review on the roof of the fly shop isn’t. It beautiful up here so today I’m talking about Tibor reels Tibor tabor potato doesn’t matter. Irecently had a seal drag system real implode on. Me in a faraway place. And fortunately the back of real but. It was a sealed drag system. Iwasn’t able to see. What was going on in there in a DAB so the failed. Once water was sealed in. That stayed sealed in. Now that’s not to say. That sealed drag system reels aren’t great but I’d like to have a non sealed drag system. Some research some gray-haired friends of mine about great saltwater eels Thai boars. What popped up, so I’ve got here a new time. Or Everglades the time. Or real company was always kind of mysterious to. Ithink that’s why I avoided them for some time. They named their reels. Than number their reels which is super cool. You know that but I was always confused. Once in Everglades what’s a Riptide what’s the tailwater. What does this mean but the tie board company has been building reels since 1985. They build every single part. They started out as a tool. And die company they build every screw. That goes into your reels right here in the US. These things are handmade — very good tolerances they’re made with care. And pride so the other neat thing about tabor is there’s. Some customization options which. Ithink is super great. And the non steel drag system which I’m going to show.

You don’t need to be scared of. That it’s a presidentially a maintenance-free option so. Iget rid of the Box get rid of my bubble wrap. Ihave open Israel before. This isn’t a true box opening it’s been sitting on my desk. And I’ve been reaching out. And playing with it making it make cool noises. All the time while I’m working on my computer but there’s my REO comes with a real boot. Each real serial numbered. One of these is made with a lot of care by hands. They can keep track of them there’s. What it sounds like the Everglades is designed for seven to nine wait rods I’m going to put. This on my go-to bone fish rod a couple of things. That are neat about the Everglades. And the Riptide some of the bigger reels in fact. That their Everglades the Riptide the Pacific. And the Gulf Stream are. All essentially built on the same chassis just different sizes the Everglades is a seven to nine so. Igot Joe’s reel right there so my friend stop messing with my reel.

When we’re on vacation. And think they can borrow my stuff. And frankly I’ve got a lot of fly reels. Ijust wanted that was kind of custom the first trip I’m going to do with. This is Christmas Island I’m going to go after. Some bones fish, so I got a bone fish engraved right there on mine that’s. What the real sounds like. Now talking about the drag system. These are essentially a maintenance-free reel. They do come greased. And I’m going to take. This apart here these are built on kind of true axle system as the way. Ilike to think of it, so I’m going to take. That off there’s a there’s a drag knob keeper back there. You can loosen it up with a penny screwdriver sometimes your fingernail. And then you just mmm to get the spool off I’m just going to loosen. That drag knob pretty much. All the way out I don’t plan to take the spool off very often but the relationship between our reel. And a spool is very important. That spool isn’t rotating in perfect harmony with the reel alright let.

Me just get all the way off there, so I’m going to go ahead. And take this apart on video scary concept but let’s take a look inside the reel right here. And there’s the cork drag system. Now the only maintenance that’s required of. This is just rinse it off with fresh water after use the maturity. And of the guys that build. They have control over every part. That goes into I know it’s going to be corrosion free so. Ihave to do if I’m concerned is just rinse. That off with fresh water that’s the only maintenance. Ineed to do in ten years. Imight buy some lube from Tibor. And apply it really is a maintenance-free project. That axle back in there. You can feel how precise. It feels pretty good. Iput that’s why you don’t do the standing in the water.

Idon’t know why you’d want to change you’re still standing in the water anyways but. That axle back in there. This reel together you realize. This is not just another run-of-the-mill fly reel it’s a tie border it’s built to exact tolerances absolutely excellent reel but. Iwant to take that apart just to show. You guys there’s nothing to be afraid of. You see the diagrams of these. This schematic it does look a little complicated but it’s as easy as. That so that’s the type. Where Everglades really excited about. And again the Riptide is just. One size bigger the Pacific’s. One size bigger and then the Gulf Stream is. One size up from these online at Red’s. You can get lots of different colors lots of different engraving options.

You can check out a hundred percent online. Even type your text in there. That you’d like engraved on the side but. These are a pretty special reel it’s pretty neat to know. These guys build them. One piece at a time down to every screw in every part right there in Florida. And I’m excited to have a tie. More finely and I’m excited to go out. This thing loose on.

so this is an interesting concept for us on a fly rod range. What we have here in. One range comprehensively in dividers. We have three option tempest. And denoted by the color. This mustard color here is the slower action the medium option quite a traditional option lovely silky smooth like arson rods. We start off with ultralight child. They will move up to small double Hardy fly rods as. We change color we go to a graphite gray. Unless the nose the medium Frost action which is lips. And haven’t been this is the biggest section. And less range of fly rods. Because as a demands the user frame the feel of every single rod in their strange as. We move forward the last range here it’s the fast action rods. And the fast action rods. You have a light right size right through the full-blown double handed fly rods for migratory fish the fast action. That extremely responsive. They will give you the distance. And the tight looks. That you’re looking for when the situation demands you.

hey listen we’re over on the fly-fishing side of the show I’m in Berger from the tackleberry coast after the man who’s standing next to me really doesn’t need any introduction if you’re in fly-fishing if you pull back just a little bit Rob see what it says back here are the

Ghetto guys we’re just gonna do a quick product review on the Tibor real Signature Series 910 graphite gray. One has got a permit engraving on the back plate. Iguess so Te bow reels. These reels are really cool. They come in a nice box. You open it up it’s got the reel. And a nice neoprene case. Although reels come in. This green neoprene case in the box as well you’ll find a bit of information yeah thank. This is the little piece of information in here. You can write your name. Everything to register your reel with Tibor reel. And also you can send in your little plate there’s a little plate attached to the reel to get. It engraved with your name. You also get a little sticker which. You can chuck when your boat kind of cool. You want support Tibor. This is just a piece of information. That tells how to change your retrieve from left to right. And also some maintenance. And cleaning information that’s. You get in the box basically okay here. We open up the neoprene case it’s got a nice little velcro think so. It can basically leave the reel on the rod. When you’re storing it. And just shop the neoprene case on the reel. And Feller it off around the rod. Now guys this is a graphite gray signature real we’ve seen the standard.

You know the gold color. One here’s the graphite gray looks really good as. You can see it has the permit engraving on. These don’t come standard with the permit engraving but our customer wanted. Us to get that on there for him as. You can see not big drag knob right out of the way of the handle nice large medium to large album can hold quite a bit of backing this. One here takes about 200 yards of 30 pound micron backing or 350 yards of 30 pound rate. This is for an 8 9 configurations on the 9 10 spools basically really easy to swap spools. You have a couple of spools. You can swap easily between like a heavier line. Or a sink or float basically. Everything in there is sealed water can’t get in. And it’s gonna last a long time putting the spool back on is as easy as putting it on top of the spindle. And just tightening the quick-release.

All right then and yeah walsim real looks good in. This color the reels actually quite nicely balanced the little handle there is quite large. It sits nicely in the hand. Ispilled up quite a. Few of these and yeah. It feels quite nice in the hand the spool is nicely balanced we’ve run line off. It real quick and yeah. It feels good yeah right here I’m just showing you quickly. What the outside of the reel looks like. You can also drop us an email. Or visit our website to check out. These reels if you’d like to order. One prices vary on availability so just contact. Is for those the frame size is about four. And a quarter inches by two. And a quarter inches the weights about nine point five ounces extremely nice reels the spools are completely ventilated has a nice clicker sound incoming and outgoing it has.

That quick change spool as. You guys the drag is waterproof self-maintaining and pretty much the strongest in the industry. It comes equipped with legendary silky-smooth micro grain cork. It could that is consistently lubricated. This comes from the website. These are also one of the few reels. You can actually open up the sealed rag. And not void the warranty. They come in the standard satin gold jet black. And royal blue the custom color is a graphite grey crimson. And moss green they’re. All assembled in the USA. If you’d like more of these videos just send. Is a comment or a message. And specific items you’d like to see. And thanks for watching see.

hey listen we’re over on the fly-fishing side of the show I’m in Berger from the tackleberry coast after the man who’s standing next to me really doesn’t need any introduction if you’re in fly-fishing if you pull back just a little bit Rob see what it says back here are the

Ghetto guys we’re just gonna do a quick product review on the Tibor real Signature Series 910 graphite gray. One has got a permit engraving on the back plate. Iguess so Te bow reels. These reels are really cool. They come in a nice box. You open it up it’s got the reel. And a nice neoprene case. Although reels come in. This green neoprene case in the box as well you’ll find a bit of information yeah thank. This is the little piece of information in here. You can write your name. Everything to register your reel with Tibor reel. And also you can send in your little plate there’s a little plate attached to the reel to get. It engraved with your name. You also get a little sticker which. You can chuck when your boat kind of cool. You want support Tibor. This is just a piece of information. That tells how to change your retrieve from left to right. And also some maintenance. And cleaning information that’s. You get in the box basically okay here. We open up the neoprene case it’s got a nice little velcro think so. It can basically leave the reel on the rod. When you’re storing it. And just shop the neoprene case on the reel. And Feller it off around the rod. Now guys this is a graphite gray signature real we’ve seen the standard.

You know the gold color. One here’s the graphite gray looks really good as. You can see it has the permit engraving on. These don’t come standard with the permit engraving but our customer wanted. Us to get that on there for him as. You can see not big drag knob right out of the way of the handle nice large medium to large album can hold quite a bit of backing this. One here takes about 200 yards of 30 pound micron backing or 350 yards of 30 pound rate. This is for an 8 9 configurations on the 9 10 spools basically really easy to swap spools. You have a couple of spools. You can swap easily between like a heavier line. Or a sink or float basically. Everything in there is sealed water can’t get in. And it’s gonna last a long time putting the spool back on is as easy as putting it on top of the spindle. And just tightening the quick-release.

All right then and yeah walsim real looks good in. This color the reels actually quite nicely balanced the little handle there is quite large. It sits nicely in the hand. Ispilled up quite a. Few of these and yeah. It feels quite nice in the hand the spool is nicely balanced we’ve run line off. It real quick and yeah. It feels good yeah right here I’m just showing you quickly. What the outside of the reel looks like. You can also drop us an email. Or visit our website to check out. These reels if you’d like to order. One prices vary on availability so just contact. Is for those the frame size is about four. And a quarter inches by two. And a quarter inches the weights about nine point five ounces extremely nice reels the spools are completely ventilated has a nice clicker sound incoming and outgoing it has.

That quick change spool as. You guys the drag is waterproof self-maintaining and pretty much the strongest in the industry. It comes equipped with legendary silky-smooth micro grain cork. It could that is consistently lubricated. This comes from the website. These are also one of the few reels. You can actually open up the sealed rag. And not void the warranty. They come in the standard satin gold jet black. And royal blue the custom color is a graphite grey crimson. And moss green they’re. All assembled in the USA. If you’d like more of these videos just send. Is a comment or a message. And specific items you’d like to see. And thanks for watching see.