Erratic Grouse wrote:
Hello,

I recently purchased my first fly rod, a 5wt 4 piece. Now I need to
find a reasonably priced reel to go with it. Most of my fishing will be
for trout on small to medium sized streams in the Pacific Northwest.
There will also be the occasional lake and pond fishing for trout and
bass.

My questions a

1.) What is a good reel for a college student on very limited budget?
I'd like to keep the price of the reel under $50. I see alot of
pflueger reels priced inexpensively($30). I've also seen A redington
in my price range. I plan on upgrading at some point, so I can have a
back up rod or one for friends to use. My main concern is to be able to
some serious fishing from now until winter.

Take a look at the Okuma Sierra reels. I own three of them and have been
very pleased with them.


2) Do I need a large arbor reel? Would you mind explaining what that
is?

I've never used one.


3) I've read that a good quality line is more important than the reel,
is this true?

IMO, yes. Almost everything is more important than the reel. About all
the reel does is hold your line.

What would be a good line? I can probably drop another 40-50 bucks on
this.

4) Which type of line would you reccomend? Weight Forward or a double
taper.

Are you trying to cause trouble? ;-) I prefer to DT. When one end wears
out you can turn it around and use the other end. Two lines for the
price of one. I'm cheap. (You can always cut it in half, too.)


Thanks for reading all of this and thanks in Advance for any responses,


No problem. HTH.

Russell