I seen a guy surf casting with what looked like a fly reel but it was like 10" diameter on a rod that wasn't a fly rod it had a normal butt like a spinning rod would have .
The reel ran parallel to the rod then he turn it to be 90* to the rod to cast , then turned it back to parallel to retrieve.
I asked a few other people what kind of reel it was & nobody else had seen one before , any idea as to what it was ?

That's an Ausfuknstralian Alvey reel...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNTugY6Y5O4


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jVWqc6rhLA

That'd be it , crazy ! He was getting some good distance with it !

Anybody have any experience with an alvey reel ?

I seen a guy surf casting with what looked like a fly reel but it was like 10" diameter on a rod that wasn't a fly rod it had a normal butt like a spinning rod would have .
The reel ran parallel to the rod then he turn it to be 90* to the rod to cast , then turned it back to parallel to retrieve.
I asked a few other people what kind of reel it was & nobody else had seen one before , any idea as to what it was ?

Down the ditch this am?? I saw him too!

Back when I was fishing the Back beaches I ran into a guy using one of those reels and he could out cast everyone.

I saw it at Pt. Judith & he was outcasting everyone !

I saw it at Pt. Judith & he was outcasting everyone !

I just saw him at the Point as well. Another fisherman and I were watching from a distance wondering exactly what he was using that looked like a big fly reel.

I saw him gearing up at the Pt yesterday too, I didn't stick around to see it in action.

I have heard they cast a county mile but have a 1:1 retrieve ratio.
Posted from my iPhone/Mobile device

1:1 retrieve ratio SOUNDS PERFECT FOR SLOW PLUGS OR LIVE EELS