Maverick Fly REEL Field Test - Fishing on the San Juan and one Big Brown! - McFly Angler Episode 7

Well this video was a few months in the making. On my 2nd episode I met Joe out on the river. We were both fishing the San Juan River and struck up a conversation. He told me he made fly reels, so I was obviously instantly interested in taking a look at these reels. When I first saw the reel, I was blown away by the beauty of the design. It really is a pretty reel. However I hadn't gotten to fish with it until today. After fishing with it, I feel that the reel is really well made. Unfortunately I didnt get to hook any fish that stripped drag, however I could tell that it was smooth by just stripping line off. Also, while fishing with it, I liked the click sounds (very quiet which is good) and I liked how light the reel was. However it was solid feeling, unlike some super light reels that are hollow. This is really solid and really high quality. I have two sage reels, one 2200 series and one 3200 series. This reel is priced at the 2200 series price ($135 or so) but has the quality of the 3200 series ($220+). It is fully machined and just frankly really well made, especially for mid $100's. After fishing this reel, I have decided I am going to upgrade my 2200 series for this reel. I do like it a lot.

So the day on the San Juan was kinda slow to say the least. We didn't even see a single fish hooked by anyone until probably 11:30 or so. But even at that, it was few and far between. Finally after hitting Texas Hole around 1:00 the action picked up a bit and Joe was able to hook 3 fish and bring in 2 of them. One was a really good sized brown! 24" or so. So the day was fun even though it wasn't super productive. Its always great having someone else on the river with you as well. We enjoyed ourselves even though we weren't bringing fish in left and right.

The San Juan River is a great river located in the north west corner of New Mexico. The river usually fishes amazing, and all through the year. However the last few weeks have been kinda slow as the river flows have been up and down and the weather isn't always permitting for nice fishing days. But there have been days on this river where I have netted 20+ trout. Its fun to fish and you will see trout everywhere when the water is clear. They will come up and nip at your waders.

Check out the Maverick fly reel at http://www.qualiflyproducts.com, and let him know that you found his reel from my video as I hope to go out fishing with him a few more times! I have a feeling you will see more of Joe in my future video's as we had a blast!