Posted By: LRG
Rookie - 07/14/16 06:25 PM
I have fly fished a couple times and would like to spend more time over the next couple years building skills. I fish on a regular basis and would like to add this to the arsenal and the enjoyment. I do not want to go in with low end components that I will not be happy with in a year, but would like the opinion of this group to help narrow the field of choices. In doing my homework, Allen seems to have a quality product at a reasonable price, but I do not ever see them mentioned on this forum. I can get their Trout II reel and Alluvion rod in the $400 price range. The components seem as quality as other name brand products and the reviews have all compared them to the Orvis and Sage lines as at least equal in quality and performance. If you could recommend the make/model of another brand that would keep the combo in the $400 range, I would be open for suggestions.