Anyone out there have any experience with the Albright fly reels? Seems to be a sturdy looking product. Your opinions would be great.
Albright fly reels
Anyone out there have any experience with the Albright fly reels? Seems to be a sturdy looking product. Your opinions would be great.
I have the GP and the Bugatti. I like them both and have zero complaints about either. I don't fish salt or giant fish though, but have used the drag on both.
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Great post!
That Bugatti is sweet! I was going to buy a red.fly2 then found out that the spools are graphite. texfly, I am glad you posted this. Got to admit that the GP with black frame and silver spool is neat too.
Got a GP, seems solid and has taken some bigger fish for sure. Drag is pretty smooth.
Nick
I bought a bugati 3/4 with an extra spool during their year-end clearance sale. I have no complaints. I also bought the topwater outfit in a 4 wt for my grandson. It seems to be a good little starter outfit. Their GPX is supposed to be the best. It's only 100 bucks. They say it's made to sell for 250 so I guess that's a good deal. Jim
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I have the bugatti reel in 5/6 and 7/8 and I can tell you that they are steelhead tested. I plain out right love the drag on it. Very smooth and no jerks whatsoever.
I couldn't pass up the year-end sale they had recently either and bought a Bugati 7/8 for a TFO TiCrX 8wt rod I had. I've used the reel a few times and have no complaints either. Drag is smooth enough, not as silky-smooth as my Lamson's, but plenty good enough, especially considering what I paid for it compared to the Lamson's!
I would buy another.
Mark 1:17
Bughatti here, also (3/4). Had to do a little minor adjustment to the drag, but after that, no complaints at all. Great value for the price.
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Thanks for all the feed back guys. Makes me feel much better about buying a reel I know little about.
I have the Topwater for my 5/6 travel rod, and honestly if I had to replace it in the same price range, I'd get the Okuma Sierra instead. The Topwater just feels a little sloppy now, and it didn't when I bought it. That said, it's not like it detracts from my fishing pleasure. It is a budget minded reel and certainly not overpriced. I can't speak for their higher end products as I've not used them.
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