(1/2WT 3/4WT 5/6WT 7/8WT) Fly Reel with Line Combo Aluminum Alloy Large Arbor Fly Fishing Reels Weight Forward Fly Line with Braided Backing Taper Leader Pre-Tied

I mounted this fly reel on a Cabelas 9' 3wt rod as a replacement for a Ross Cimarron reel. It has the same capacity of backing and SA Mastery VPT flyline as the Ross Cimarron. The drag, while a cork disc, is very similar to the Ross drag system and preformed well, even after the reel having been submerged.The large arbor has a quicker retrieve and a smoother drag start-up than the Ross.I have Sage, Orvis, and Ross reels costing as much as $450, yet I would have no reservations using an AnglerDream on any of my rods.I've only fished with the AnglerDream 3wt reel once, but did take a nice 2.5lb Rainbow to the reel, palming the runs, thenlanded and released it ... great excitement and not once during the battle was there a time I had an issue with the reel's performance.I give the purchase 4-Stars because the fly line, connectors, and leader are really not up to the quality of the reel. I'd wish the reel was priced without the backing, fly line, connectors, and leader, since most experienced flyfishers will want a better quality setup and presentation.

For the price it’s as good as you can expect. Don’t put all of the backing on as it will not all fit with the fishing line. Put about 75-80% of the backing on.

Unlike the main photo, this reel does not come preloaded with line. The reel comes in a separate box from the spool of fly line and you have to load it yourself. To add insult to injury, the spool of line has WAY TOO much backing, so after you loaded all the line onto the reel, you end up having to unwind it all to cut off about 20 feet of back. Otherwise, the full load of line provided jams the reel since its just too much.And, the reel comes pre-set for the unpopular right hand wind. There wasn't any documentation to tell you this or instructions on how to change from righthand wide to the conventional lefthand wind. There is a photo on the Amazon product page for this reel that is really, really small but does show how to remove the retainer clip to switch the wind side.Overall, it about 1.5 hours of loading, unloading, loading, change clip for wind side, unload, cut 20 feet of backing and reload.

The reel looks fine and the backing is top notch. The fly line is WTF but the wide (weighty) part is somewhat further from the tip than other lines and there is no loop in the fly line to attach a leader. There are two loop ends in the box which do provide easy leader changing but they are very limp and don't transmit the casting effort as well as a direct link to the fly line or a stiff leader butt. The leader supplied looks of good quality as are the actual components. The fly line appears to be good quality and was loose packed but with the tip properly identified. Loading the reel by myself (no helper) required multiple untangling because of the loose packed line so try to draft a helper to hold the looped line.With all that said this is still an excellent set for the money and a great buy. It would be nice if they included directions as I was concerned that I might have to load the reel twice if I used all the backing - that was not a problem.

I have to admit that I’d give this a 5 star rating any time…This is a great reel! My rating (4 stars) the 3/4 ANGLER DREAM AnglerDream, I think is to all of these “large arbor” reels and directed to the industry as a whole- world wide. It seems that the fly line itself is bunched, really packed tight on the spool…and, the SA 4wt line I put on the spool, I noticed it filling the reel to the fullest. And due to this, I’m wondering if I should have clipped off some fly line on the back side before I attached to the backing itself. Thus leaving a little more room altogether for rewinding. The light blue line that I replaced- didn't seem as long as the SA 4wt. In fact to save I rewound the blue fly line that came with this reel to the empty SA 4wt spool, I found that it was not filling up the spool. I had to convert this reel to left hand wind...really no problem, but it would have added class to these reels if one could choose left or right hand wind from the get-go from the Amazon Dot Com Nation. Now with that being said, all the years I’ve fished, I’ve never let a trout take me to my backing. That’s just me when I’ve fished. Bring ‘em in.. admire the catch, then release.Enough of the fly reel industry comment…I purchased this reel as an update to my small reel collection. Something new from the industry itself…I fish small streams and love my 4wt rods, including a bamboo rod. Also, through our TU club, we have, at times- Saturday morning “Meet-Ups” for Casting Tournaments. Yep, I cast to targets when not on the streams. Practice my stroke and socialize. This reel and set-up is ideal for years to come. ANGLER DREAM AnglerDream is perfect 3/4 reel. Thanx:}

When i stumbled upon this reel and line set up, I thought the price was right, and ordered the sucker. After the order was placed, amazon told me that it would be 2-6 weeks for delivery. About 10 days after ordering it should up in the mail! The reel is all metal and super smooth, and the backing line came on a spool, but not the fly line? So needless to say within seconds I had a monster rats nest in the fly line while trying to get the fly line one the reel. It looked like Helen Keller just tossed it in a bag and shipped it from China. 2 hours later, all the backing, fly line, and leader is on the reel, and it casts really good! The fly line is NOT looped on either end, but they included a loop connector 🤷‍♂️

Love this reel , it light but strong

Converted it to left hand wind and it's remarkable for the price. Matches nicely with my 3 weigh twig. Looking forward to hassling some small stream Brown's & Rainbow's in Tasmania's fastwater southern strems next month.