Quote Originally Posted by Bobberbob View Post
recently i watched a few youtube videos on automatic fly reels and since i've been wanting to get into fly fishing and a fishing reel and rod junkie i searched ebay and amazon for one, ended up buying a couple one a older one and one a new Pflueger Automatic. the reviews on the new reel were so so but i find that with most reels i look at yeah can't please everyone , the Automatic reel is somewhat heavy i guess but seems well balanced on a 9 foot fly rod i have . Curious if anyone else likes - uses them as they have been around forever but not much instruction on loading line on or using them.
I had one, but took it off... it was too heavy.