Fly Fishing - Types of Fly Fishing Reels

• Single-action Fly Fishing Reels
  Single-action Fly Reels are the most commonly-used Fly Reels nowadays. They are very simple and have less parts compared to other Fly Reels. You can actually see the spool from the outside, and you can take it off by pushing a release lever. This kind of Fly Reel is used primarily to keep the excess Fly Line. At a single turn of the reel handle, the single-action Fly Reel turns the spool at one complete time. The angler holds the Fly Line in one hand and the Fly Rod on the other one. An adequate amount of Fly Line is reeled out when casting. Flies are worked with the hand holding the Fly Line and not exactly off the Fly Reel. When a stream trout or panfish is caught, the angler will just take back or release the Fly Line with his hand.


• Multiplier Fly Fishing Reels
  A multiplier Fly Reel turns the spool a couple of times when you turn the reel handle. Sensibly enough, this is more useful than a single-action Fly Reel when you need speeding up. Imagine if you are using a single-action Fly Reel and you have caught a bigger fish. The fish may swim in different directions and take a lot of your Fly Line. The Fly Line may loosen up and before you can even reel it in using a single-action Fly Reel, the much-anticipated fish breaks away. In this kind of situation, a multiplier Fly Reel will do better. This is used usually for fishing bass, northern pike, and other large species.


• Automatic Fly Fishing Reels
  The best Fly Reel when it comes to fast retrieval of Fly Line is the automatic Fly Reel. This has no reel handle, like the other two Fly Reels. An Automatic Fly Reel makes use of a device with spring that can be used through a lever from the front of the Fly Reel. But even with this great feature, automatic Fly Reels are not commonly used because of their heavy weight.