What about a review on salt water fly reels from a New Zealand expert?

Dr Ian Smith wrote an excellent article (here) and pointed out these elements to look for in a salt-water fly reel:

Moreover he says that he personally likes a cork-based drag system (this I heard over and over again) and an exposed rim.

A youtube clip just for an introduction...

Here are the runners up, so to say, or at least those reels he uses most and I added up a few other ones like the Galvan:

ABEL REELS

BILL PATE (see Tibor Reels)

WATERWORKS-Lamson

TIBOR FISHING REELS

GALVAN

WELLSTONE

MAKO REELS

HATCH

SHILTON

ALVEY

PENN

SAGE

Fin Or, Vosseler, Danielson, Okuma Fenwick Shimano

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