05-22-2014, 08:20 AM
Wow, I would consider a 20 pound tarpon a big fish especially since we are in Utah. But nonetheless, your 6 wt. or for that matter 5 wt. reel (Lamson Litespeed for example) weighs 4-4.5 oz. Put floating line and backing on it and it weighs 7 oz. Get it wet and that's a half pound. I've weighed many a reel on a postal scale and that's how much they weigh.
I'm not out to sell you a Rexfly, but I would just like people to try casting without a reel before they comment on it. Would it really be that hard to go outside for a few minutes and put the reel in your pocket or on the ground? Are 99% of the people who've done that really that wrong to say it makes a huge difference?
Maybe this video will explain why we sell out at almost every fly fishing show we've been to.
http://youtu.be/jfMAA1rMx8o
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I'm not out to sell you a Rexfly, but I would just like people to try casting without a reel before they comment on it. Would it really be that hard to go outside for a few minutes and put the reel in your pocket or on the ground? Are 99% of the people who've done that really that wrong to say it makes a huge difference?
Maybe this video will explain why we sell out at almost every fly fishing show we've been to.
http://youtu.be/jfMAA1rMx8o
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