Good English reels retail in America at from six dollars to forty dollars.
American Reels
The average American click reel is smaller in diameter and has a wider spool than the contracted type although large, narrow reels have been made in this country for many years. The old type of American reel is heavier, as a rule, than those of British make, which is desirable to balance the light-in-the-butt American fly rods. They are usually made of metal and hard rubber; sometimes entirely of metal.
Click reels made in thiscountry have a rated capacitybased on undressed line whichM) often confuses the inexperienced.