I've decided to sell off a chunk of my sea fishing tackle (where does it all come from?) and invest in a good quality 6wt fly rod. I've got my eye on a few rods (Snowbee, Sharpes and Hardy) all in the 10' range (I'm disabled and sometimes have to cast sitting down and find a longer rod easier to cast) and want a reel to match. Has anyone got any suggestions for a 6wt reel with at least one spare spool/cassette in the £50 -60 bracket. I'd like something mainstream and fairly easy to source in this country. I've currently got an Okuma Airstream and a Greys Grxi but both are 7/9wt and I feel the airstream especially would be too bulky for a 6wt rod. I realise that there are as many preferences as there are reels out there but if anyone has any experience with reels from say Orvis, Greys, Wychwood and Airflo I would be grateful to hear about it.

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I used to like fishing because I thought it had some larger significance. Now I like fishing because it's the one thing I can think of that probably doesn't.

At the moment I would have to say again that Garry Evans do a Greys x-flite rod and reel at a great price, 10ft 6wt and a 5-6wt x-flite reel.

The new Greys 500 reel, is well within your budget. Or the airflo delta graphite comes in about £30 comes with 3 spare spools as does the Greys. Check out Grommit on here, he does great deals for forum members.

Thanks lads, much appreciated

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I used to like fishing because I thought it had some larger significance. Now I like fishing because it's the one thing I can think of that probably doesn't.