Well said, though I would clarify that if one is fishing salt, then reel and drag are super important!!
I have a funny story when my wife and I hooked into a double header on a school of Jacks last May in Mexico. She (unconsciously) tried to strip in her fish and instantly lost it (as many of you know, you have about a second to react)... I was 3 hrs into fighting mine (biggest/strongest fish I have EVER caught), when I got impatient and blew up her Sage Xi3 10 wt into 7 pieces (We had switched rods halfway through the trip)...
I haven't lived that one down!!
Nonetheless, her Galvan Rush 10 was as good as my Torque 10!!
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Originally Posted by professori
It is faster than trying to reel it in with a fish heading towards you, it is ready to cast once the fish is released (or dispatched) but most importantly, I can feel the fish and control the amount of pressure on it with a simple pinch of my fingers (and provide better control than any drag i set on the reel). Drag on a fly reel is so much different than drag on a spinning reel or level wind. With either of those two, the drag will allow a fish to take line, while you are reeling in. Not so with a fly reel and this is no small issue. Having the line in hand allows me to instantly adjust the drag from light to heavy, to free.
p.s. Unlike geared reels, the reel is designed to hold your line, not to gather it.
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