“10,000s of British Columbians go out in the outdoors in this province,” he said. “There are many parts of B.C. where you should make sure you have it (bear-spray), when you go out.”

you cant go wrong at that price.
Nice looking reel.
Hope you catch a ton of fish with it.

Quote from: coastangler on March 28, 2023, 09:24:28 AM

I agree with the sentiment and also with the fact that that premier brands overprice their items. This is definitely the case for most of trout fly fishing where the fly reel is merely a line holder and you rarely use the drag, and even if you do use the drag, a cheaper disc drag will suffice or even click & pawl. The exception to this is Pacific Salmon and steelhead fishing. In my opinion the most important piece of fly fishing gear for salmon is the reel. In many cases a cheap reel will get you through but is common to see subpar reels blowing up with an angry chum. It hurts to buy one of those especially now with those high prices but in my opinion is worth it. I felt a great difference when I upgraded from a cheap fly reel to a mid/high range (400 bucks) that resulted in much easier handling and landing of bigger fish.

Back to the original thread, I suspect your CP reel will do great Darko. My understanding is that with CP fishing the rod actually applies most of the pressure when fighting the fish while the reel drag is purely hand pressure but the machinery is more involved in the casting and drifting than actually fighting/landing the fish so you should be fine

thank you both for your inputs. I will update this in the future if I have any issues or what have you.