Ross Evolution 0, 1, 2 Owners???

[Brown_Trout]

I use a 5 weight on my 1.5 and it works good

[Max]

I put a 3wt WF line on my Evolution 0. I do not recall how much backing, but it is plenty sufficient. I made extra backing room by chopping off about about 10ft of the fly line rear. I do not think I will be casting a full fly line on a 3 wt.

I put a complete 5 wt WF on my Evolution 2 and 125 yds of backing as Ross specified. It was fine when put on with the winding machine at the fly shop,but was too much after fishing it just once. I wanted the full fly line so I removed 20 yds of backing and now I like it. No crowding of the line against the reel cross bars at the end of a fish fight.

I would not put a 7wt on an Evolution 2. Need a bigger reel imho.

[pspaint]

I used a 7wt. line on the size 3 Evolution. It was big enough for the line and enough backing but the reel was too light for most of my seven weight rods.

[Badger]

My name is Chad and i am addicted to nice reels. I'm getting the 0 for my 3wt, should fit nice. I put my 5wt line on my #1 last night. It fit great and had plenty of room for backing. About 75 yrds or so. I am sure that my #2 will hold the 7wt line I only want about 50-75 yards of backing on. The trick will be if I can get my 9wt line on the #3 that is only rated to a 7wt. I think it will fit fine I only want a small amount of backing. I fish musky not saltwater, no big runs.

[Badger]

Thanks for all of the replies.