I have had it with L.L. Bean. Brand new Orion IV SW reel, used only five days and the drag seized up and the screws began to rust. This was a replacement for an earlier reel that literally rotted. R ...
I do occasional salt water fly fishing, two weeks in the Caribbean. I have used a L.L. Bean travel 9wt rod and reel. Seems quite good for what I do. When my original reel, six years old, stopped fun ...