Tackle Week 2025: The best new fly fishing gear, including rods, reels, accessories, tying materials & more

Best Reel

AVERON

For decades, Hardy has made high-quality, reliable reels such as the new lightweight, durable Averon, a well-balanced large-arbor reel with an aluminum alloy frame. It also has a fully enclosed, multi-pad disc drag with an ultra-low start-up inertia to prevent large fish from snapping delicate tippets. It comes in four sizes for lines weights 2 to 10, in both traditional black and a gold-trimmed titanium version.

Learn more: www.hardyfishing.com