eric paul zamora wrote:

... could i use the smallish 5/6
redington on a 4 or 3 weight rod with 4 or 3 weight line?...

First, I should say I have no experience with Redington reels, so I
don't know if this applies to that particular reel or not.

The only problem might be the minimum drag. I've had trouble with
oversize reels when I'm using 6x or 5x leader and the fish turns out to
be a big rainbow. One reel we had just wouldn't let the line out fast
enough for those fish. We made a field fix by reversing the reel
without reversing the line. This gave no drag at all for the running
fish, but a small drag for winding in the line. My son Andy had lost 4
nice fish before we mande the change, and he landed 3 after that. We
replaced that reel with a Ross Cimeron and are entirely satisfied.

Chas
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