Will an $8,000 Fly Reel Catch More Fish?

admin — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:03:04 +0000

First off, you might be wondering if there is such a thing as a $8,000 fly fishing reel. Yes, there is. It’s the Hardy Zane Ti Reel and it is indeed beautiful. Designed for saltwater fly fishing, this heavenly reel is made from a solid bar stock Titanium and takes six days to make just one. This reel is hand polished and finished by Hardy’s top engineers. This reel is indeed the Ferrari of fly reels. So does this reel catch more fish than a $500 saltwater reel? Does it really matter? You don’t buy a Ferrari or a Rolex to be the fastest or have the most accurate time, you buy it because you can. Hardy has been making some beautiful and classic fly reels since 1872 and the Hardy Zane Ti Reel is no exception. When I was young I would always dream of having a Porsche or Lamborghini but as an adult and an avid fisherman I dream of having a Hardy Zane Ti Reel although a Hardy Marquis on a James Reams bamboo fly rod wouldn’t be bad either.

For other great Hardy reels and other fly fishing reels, rods and gear click on the picture of the Hardy Zane Ti reel above.

“Just one more fish.”

admin — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:42:41 +0000

“Just one more fish, then I’ll head home.” How many times have we all said that. Is it an addiction or an appreciation and love of fishing? I would say the latter, while my wife would say an addiction. Even when we do catch that “one more fish”, we start over again and say “just one more fish and then I’ll go home.” When does it end? Usually when it gets dark, too cold to hold the rod or your significant other calls you asking when you’re coming home.

But what if that next fish is the big one? What if this whole time you’ve been fishing in the wrong spot and if you go down the shore a little bit rather than heading home, you snag that big one? What if you change your lure and go smaller? Will that entice the “just one more fish” to bite?

You may never know unless you go by the rule of “just one more fish”. Maybe you should switch from your spinning rod to a fly rod. Maybe a clouser minnow on a fly rod will get that big small mouth to bite. You know he’s down there. You anticipate him biting everytime you reel in your line but he doesn’t bite. You don’t get frustrated, you just get more curious as to what that fish is thinking. Sure, your supper is getting cold and your wife is getting perturbed but there’s a big fish down there and you’ve got to catch him. Fret not, as fishermen we’re all in the same boat and we understand our love which others may call a disease or addiction. It’s the joy of fishing. It’s the excitement of the hunt for the big one and it’s just one more fish.

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Will an $8,000 Fly Reel Catch More Fish?

“Just one more fish.”