new fly rod
 

Just bout a St. Croix Avid 10 weight 3 peice travel rod.
Any recommendations for a reel around $200.00.
This is my first year fly fishing and will be going for strippers and blues.

A good reel
 

Teton Tioga. About $200.00, maybe less at Natick Outdoor Store.
Bulletproof. Fully sealed drag assembly. Large arbor and regular spools are interchangeable on the same reel.

what is the reel made of????

How many yards of backing ???

Teton reel material
 

Solid stock aluminum, then anodized. Full frame construction. In my experience, that means you can beat the chit out of it and it will come back looking for more...

I have several small 3/4's and a big 11/12 with a conventional spool on it. 10 weight line and 400 yards of 30 lb. gelspun backing. One of the 3/4's is set up with a 25' 5 wgt shooting head, 50' of 50 lb. flat running mono and 200 yards of backing. I use that on a 7' 3 wgt Heritage rod.

www.tetonflyreels.com

Why $200 for a reel?

Now this is just me,$100 for a Cortland 140d buy on line for 20%,off $80 take savings and buy extra-spool,then take other $100 and buy 2 lines.

I have fished the Cortland 140D for the last 12 years and have had no problems with them.

denis
I have a Cortland 200 for the last 12 years. Tried to order another a couple of months ago but they stopped making th 200. That at the time cost 99.00.

How much backing does the140 d hold ????
what is the reel made of????
Do ya have a web site where I could order one ????

The Cortland 140D holds a 9wf with 325 of backing,I have a wf10 and put 220 of 30lb. the reel is made of aluminum,for the price it's a very good reel. I e-mailed you the site,you have no pm in your profile.

Thanks Kevin :)

good luck with it.