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Review: Ross Colorado Fly Reel

The lake is a 45-minute hike from the trailhead. In order to be there as the stars slip behind the sunrise and the mountains find themselves in the water’s reflection you’re going to need a headlamp, a backpack with the day’s essentials, and some really good coffee. Oh, and a handful of alpine lake trout flies, your favorite rod, and lightweight fly reel, of course. If you happen to be in the market for a rugged-yet-handsome ultra-light backcountry fly reel, Ross Reels out of Montrose, Colorado, is the best in the freshwater category — and their new Colorado fly reel is at the top of the heap. Free Range American staff writer Matt Smythe got his hands on the Colorado at the International Fly Tackle Dealer Show in Salt Lake City, and has actually fished with the reel as well. In a fly reel landscape that seems obsessed with being bigger, stronger, burlier, and over-built, the Colorado is refreshing in its simplicity, which, if we’re being honest, is all any freshwater fly angler needs for roughly 70% of the fishing that they enjoy. “Think about when you’re fishing freshwater,” he said. “The majority of the time, when you hook a fish what are you doing? You’re just stripping the line in, you’re fighting it on the rod, [the line is] pinched behind your trigger finger, and you’re essentially just fighting it in till you can get it in the net.” Again, it’s the reel’s simple, ultra-light design in those situations that make it so attractive. “You don’t put all that line right back on on your fly reel and fight it from the reel,” Smythe added. “You want something where the reel is just going to manage the line and, ultimately, is just going to be nice and lightweight while you’re out there waving your stick around and chasing fish all day long.” The click-pawl drag system is classic, old school technology that offers just enough tension to keep the line from free-spooling even if a larger fish grabs your fly and bolts for a good run — and it sounds like you have a freight-train tarpon on the line when you’re actually playing a 9-inch small-creek brook trout. Plus, if you do need to put the line back on the reel — either to fight a fish or just to move spots — tha large arbor design picks it up quickly and reduces the amount of “memory,” or coil, that the line would have with a smaller arbor. The Colorado comes in 2/3 weight and 4/5 weight configurations to fit your small creek or mid-sized steam rods. The super minimal design comes in matte platinum or black and has an etched sillouhette of the San Juan mountains on the back. “Ross has been in the fly fishing game for a long time and they make really, really solid freshwater reels,” he said. “Unbelievable quality. Definitely a favorite of mine.” Special thanks to AFFTA for putting on a great show. Go follow them:   / _affta_   __________________________________ Summer 2022 Check out our favorite new gear: https://freerangeamerican.us/dont-scr... Follow Us: Instagram:   / free.range.american   Facebook:   / free.range.american   LinkedIn:   / free-range-american   Tik Tok:   / free.range.american   Follow Matt Smythe: Instagram:   / fishingpoet   Facebook:   / fishingpoet   __________________________________ Remember: drink Black Rifle Coffee and do epic sh*t! Follow BRCC: YouTube:    / blackriflecoffeecompany   Instagram:   / blackriflecoffee  . Facebook:   / blackrifleco   Twitter:   / blckriflecoffee   Support our charitable giving project, The BRCC Fund:   / brccfund