Fishing The Fly Scotland
Index => Tackle Talk => Topic started by: Hamish Young on 18/11/2014 at 23:39
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Anyone have any of their gear :? Reels :?
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So I won a competition on another forum :X4 prize was $150 to spend in the Allen Fly Fishing shop, hence my earlier query.
I went slightly over the $150 and bought one of these http://www.allenflyfishing.com/kraken-reel-series/ in a size V and in black. It arrived yesterday but only after paying mucho dinero to the customs and excise man which annoyed me ever so slightly :mad
First impressions of the reel are good, very good. The drag is impressive, build is very good but it is a light reel.
Fair play though, it is really intended as a big reel for salt water single handers. I quite like it, design is very similar to a number of other products on the market and clearly mimics elements of design from Hardy & Orvis. We will see how it goes, haven't decided quite what to do with it yet.
H :cool:
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Looks rather funky! In like the open cage design.
Get our on some of those Northern lochs with a 9 weight and big fly ;)