cheap fly reel

[tack4]

gonna try this fluff chucking lark and looking for a cheap reel for 8-9wt line as wiil be having some chucks in the surf
any ideas its to complement an old 8-9 wt 10\' rod from ebay

 

[sless]

greys grx are a canny reel
i think you get spare spools with them aswell

 

[RodOfGod]

Could try here mate, I got a Lureflash Mamba from here to start me off!

http://www.firsttackle.co.uk/acatalog/Fly_Reels.html

Mark

 

[RobAdair]

If you don\'t want to spend a lot the Okuma fly reels seem canny value for money. I got one off ebay for about £20 which looked unused and that was filled with new WF9 line and backing. I\'m no expert but it seems OK to me.

 

[mark]

the greys reels are brilliant.....but, if your going to take it anywhere near saltwater don\'t bother, the aluminium seems to rot double quick, even after a few hours, and before I could get it rinsed, the anodised coating was coming away and th alloy under enath starting to tarnish

on the other hand the okuma reels are plastic, or should I say graphite - which is a laugh, call em plastic mister tackle manufacturer, we all know you can\'t make fishing reels out of pencils, but I digress...

the Okuma reels are just the job and cheap as chips, bought one myself 2 years back with the idea that I can just hoy it away after a season then buy another, but still using it now, don\'t know how I\'d feel if I were lucky enough to have a 10lb bass at the other end, but as that is never likely to happen I ain\'t losing sleep over it. It does seem pretty immune to the abuse of saltwater, rocks etc. I\'d defo buy another when I need for the the salty stuff