To facilitate the search we have divided the fishing reels into two macro categories:
FreshWater Reels and Saltwater Reels. If the specific reels for sea fishing can also be used for some techniques of river or lake fishing, the reels that are created for fishing in freshwaters are hardly suitable for the saltwater as well. The difference is in the materials and in the seals, salt is a corrosive agent and if the external components of the reels are not anodized or if the seals are not "watertight", you risk damaging the reel after a few fishing trips. In addition, the reels for Saltwather fishing have stronger gears, more powerful clutches because their "job" will certainly be harder than a river or lake fish.
Freshwater reels are divided into:
Front drag => specific for techniques based on long and medium distance casting such as spinning, trout area and match fishing
Rear drag => recommended for techniques where you have to tire the fish before retrieving it such as Bolognese and feeder fishing
Baitrunner and Long Cast => mainly for carp fishing, catfish or sturgeon fishing
Baitcasting => round or low profile baitcasting reels for black bass, pike, catfish and sturgeon fishing.
The sea reels instead, we have divided them as follows:
Trolling Reels => for Big Game, classic trolling, small coastal trolling and live bait. The largest marine predators are confronted with eddies of this category.
Eging and Light Game => are shore fishing techniques that require light reels with super-precise micrometric drag. They look like traditional reels but are all anodized and ready for sea fishing
Slow and Vertical => are rotating reels available in the low profile or round version. Watertight clutch, enhanced gears and clutch, are designed to control the escape of large predators.
Big Pit & Surf => are reels for surfcasting fishing characterized by long and conical spools that are used to reach the maximum casting distance.
Boat & Heavy Spinning => we have gathered in this category reels that are good for both shore lure and boat fishing. They are fixed coil models that have both the mechanical power and the clutch power in common. There are sizes in the range 10,000 and 20,000 for tuna fishing and 6,000 or 8,000 for spinning from the shore or bottom fishing from the boat. The watchword of this category is reliability
Electric reels => here we have the products for depth fishing, where you need automated tools that take you to the desired fishing depth and help you in the ascent. In addition to the mechanics, there is also a lot of electronics here and a connection to the boat battery is required so the problem of safety and reliability is even more important. We only select the best on the market.