Fly reels for trout fishing serve two main roles: To hold your fly line and backing and to have a drag capable of tiring out a fish during a fight. Pairing the right reel with your fly rod will help ...

SO we have finally invested good money on fly fishing equipment. We now have a fly rod, a reel, fly line backing, fly line, leader, tippet and fly. But how do we put them all together so that we can ...

Fly reels used to play second fiddle to rods, at least in the fly-fishing world. Volumes have been written about the nuances of bamboo, fiberglass, and graphite fly rods. But the reel? “It’s just a ...