Average Rating: 3 out of 5 No. of Reviews: 5 RRP: £79.99 Year: 2003
Description: First brought out in 2001 this reel comes from Shimano's flag ship range. Like all the other reels in the Shimano range this one comes with a 2 year guarantee.
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Strengths: Superb shimano build quality, the drag ratcheted has a very satisfying rasp to it, not quite a HoH Angel which sounds like an Aston martin but,, dam fine sounding and feeling reel. Throws off water nicely and spool release / lock mechanism like everything else somehow feels satisfying,
Weaknesses: A hair has become trapped under the handle causing the sliding handle coating to stick making winding a chore at times, hardly the end of the world but on a otherwise near perfect reel I notice little things like this. A bit of a small arbour but this hasn't proved an issue using decent quality line.
Overall: Overall its not a HoH Angel, but on a shoestring (comparatively) a fantastic fly reel, it wont catch you more fish but anything that adds to the enjoyment of fishing which this reel most certainly does is worth it.
Overall: I wouldn't have paid £80 for this which is the RRP, but I got it in a deal with a shimano rod for half price. at that price it's a great reel!
Overall: This is the first offering Shimano have put forward to the very competitive Fly reel market. It is a shame that they did not investigate the market a bit more. Large arbour reels dominate this market today with very good reason.
I have great respect for Shimano, but not this overpriced heavy antique.
Weaknesses: A little heavy, finish marks easily, cheap-looking neoprene pouch.
Overall: I use my Ultegra exclusively for light line river fishing for wild trout and grayling, with either a 7ft brook rod or an 8.5ft 5wt. It has been a joy to use and it looks superb. Other anglers have even commented to me on how good it looks. For the price (I shopped around and paid £50 ) it gives me so much more pleasure to use than a cheap composite LA.
Performance
80%
Quality
80%
Value
60%
Overall Rating
73%
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