Orvis Battenkill 5/6 Reel Review | For Sale
I was using a 5/6 battenkill with a scott 905 sas while nymph fishing for redsides, cutthroat, rainbows, and whitefish on the Mckenzie river. I watched my strike indicator go down for the last time that afternoon, because an hour and fifteen minutes later my four pound tippet gave way along with my stonefly, as I reeled in looking at my strike indicator and my pheasant tail beadhead, I asked myself did I use all my tricks and take it as far as I could go, I felt good on one hand but bad on the other.
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The reel performed perfectly going to my backing once, I was truly in a war with that fish and had serious trouble ever moving him, but the reel kept ticking away like a rolex. Yes, I could have landed him in ten minutes with my seven weight rod and disc reel, but that would have taken the fun away from my best battle yet with the silver ghost. When I broke off in the fast deep current I could only hope I did everything possible an expert steelhead fisherman would have done. I hope the fish survived to taste the saltwater and wondered if I should have broke off a lot sooner to ensure the fishes safety. I feel the Battenkill is the champion among trout reels.
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