st croix avid spinning rod vs premier Casting Rods often reserved for top St. Croix Premier Spinning Rods

These covers are designed to fit over right-handed reel configurations, but can be used on left-handed reels if you're okay with having to turn the cover inside out

And anglers have likely been using reels while fly fishing for nearly 400 years

"Once those are put together, we verify the fit and finish, put the drag know cap on (which tells us the size of the reel)," says Rice, "and then send it off for final inspection." While he's never counted, Rice believes the reel production process may have well over 100 steps from start to finish

I went the fluoro route for a good bit but have returned to a mono/co-poly leader