Is the line on the reel ready to go with leader or do I have to attach the leader that was enclosed to it before attaching the fly? Never fly fished!
1056719
It already comes with a tapered leader tied on. The other is a spare tapered leader. You are good to go, fish on!
1056720
The line connects to the leader, then you need to attach tippet to the fly. Line to Leader to Tippet to Fly....In an ideal world...you should never tie to your leader as its length is important...its tapered for a reason. Good luck and try "The idiots guide to fly fishing". Good investment. I have it and it's very informative.
844307
It comes with fly line and backing but no leader. A 7 ft tapered leader works good with this fly rod.
1772001
I have this rod and have caught everything from large panfish (bream, crappie) to small bass. I have also caught both fresh and saltwater trout. It all depends on what size leader and tippet you use and how much you are willing to finesse a big fish.
234860
I use 6 Lb test for trout and bass. Seems to work well, have had no issues with knotting or tangling. Love the reel very smooth and fast.
801011
i would not know. we put the backing on, put the flyline on and the leader and fly. we get to the water make two cast and the hold thing came apart in the water. pull what we could find out of the water put could not find all the parts. it would not stay together. i when to town to the fly shop, they said one word junk. i had to buy another one. i would not tell my friends to buy this.
2155389
I am not home right now, but I can check later. I don't know if there is a way to attach a picture, but I have one of how the rod sits in the holder. Mine sits with about 4 inches sticking out before the base of the my open reel. I do not have a pistol grip on my rod so I am not sure how it will sit. Even though my reel sticks out quite a bit sometimes it sits kind of awkward if I am not careful about how I set it in, this could just be because of the angle I set it in in my kayak...sometimes the rod spins and the reel hits the side of my kayak. Over all I am happy with the holder and may even buy another one to hold a second rod. I am not home right now, but I can check later. I don't know if there is a way to attach a picture, but I have one of how the rod sits in the holder. Mine sits with about 4 inches sticking out before the base of the my open reel. I do not have a pistol grip on my rod so I am not sure how it will sit. Even though my reel sticks out quite a bit sometimes it sits kind of awkward if I am not careful about how I set it in, this could just be because of the angle I set it in in my kayak...sometimes the rod spins and the reel hits the side of my kayak. Over all I am happy with the holder and may... » Read More I am not home right now, but I can check later. I don't know if there is a way to attach a picture, but I have one of how the rod sits in the holder. Mine sits with about 4 inches sticking out before the base of the my open reel. I do not have a pistol grip on my rod so I am not sure how it will sit. Even though my reel sticks out quite a bit sometimes it sits kind of awkward if I am not careful about how I set it in, this could just be because of the angle I set it in in my kayak...sometimes the rod spins and the reel hits the side of my kayak. Over all I am happy with the holder and may even buy another one to hold a second rod. « Show Less
191859
I manually thread my Black & Decker GrassHog from the reel. Doesn't take too long, maybe 2-3 minutes. This line is strong, too.
1147177
First I would have recommended a higher drag weight on the reel. It sounds like you want heavy fish, so I would go with the 300 yds. You also may want to consider going to 50 lb. line, between your rod and the drag you can handle some pretty large fish with this set up. Remember to balance you drag with the weight recommendation of the rod builder.
1498495
Are you referring to a bobber? The line has camera technology in it, so unable to secure by tying it. I suppose one could use bobber if could attach in some way, I love mine for crappie fishing
894554
You can load your reel with the Power Pro first, tie in the mono and top off the reel. Now spool the mono that is on top off to another reel or whatever spool you have lying around. This leaves the braid on the bottom of the reel you will fish with. Take the braided line off the reel and replace it with the mono.Now tie the braided line to the mono and wind it back onto the reel. It should fit perfectly. This works great if you have several reels to fill that are all the same size. One reel simply reverses onto the next reel. Hope this helps, have fun. Jim
1762393
Most fly reels do not have a drag button. You control the drag buy holding onto the fly line.
1271233
I won't recommend it at all, the rod is ok but the reel? The line got tangled all over and it became useless.
2128134
Thanks, but not sure how that would work... you're supposed to take a 'piece' of line, double it over, and loop the middle of the piece around the reel and then start turning the reel to wind it on. Guess I'll just take a LONG piece and if I waste some, so be it.
1691086
I have both an Olympic Fly Reel and a Shimano Spinning reel, and switch back and forth between the two as conditions warrant. No I have never had a problem with the rod coming apart.
1535257
No, but thats why I own four of these. Line guides tend to be more hinderence than help, and line guides tend to malfunction putting more of a burden on your reel.
2195175
I'm at that stage too, after about 4 years. There seems to be a lot of play on the reel on the gear side. I'm a mechanical engineer and I can't figure out how to get the frame apart to see if the reel needs a bushing or something to make it tigher on it's axis, but the no-fastener assembly has me baffled. Mine is little different than yours, it is more rectangular, flat top but the same otherwise. I will buy a new one if necessary because I welded a frame up for this one to attach it rigidly to the corner of the house.
1457711
It does not come prespooled with line. However, I have bought many baitcast reels over the years and none of them have ever come prespooled. You can take a reel to Bass Pro Shops, Cabelas or your local bait and tackle shop to have it spooled for a fee.