Click Pawl clicker reels have their time and place. Think creeks and small-ish trout streams, throwing dry flies. The large arbor, lightweight fly reels fit the world of todays modern superlight graphite fly rods. And who can deny the joy of a larger fish taking that clicker screaming run. Purist II is composed of only 15 individual parts leaving little to fail. Upgraded from past Purist models the new Purist II sports a fortified frame and narrow profile. The 3+ model comes in at only 2.7 ounces while the larger 5+ model weights at just 3.1 ounce. Comes in two colors: Tribute is a stealthy approach and whiskey plays well on fiberglass and bamboo fly rods. This is an all U.S. made fly reel.
Back by popular demand!
The original Double R logo
It's been about a year now since Ross Reels announced their return to a fly reel ONLY company and I have to say we were glad to hear the news. After Ross Reels acquired the new ownership from a company called the Mayfly Group (who happens to also own Abel Fly Reels) it was decided that the right direction for Ross was to drop the line of imported rods and get back to their roots of building high quality USA made fly reels.
Ross Animas
The Animas is named after the Animas River that flows through Southwest Colorado and conjoins the San Juan River in Northwest New Mexico. Some key features to note about the Animas is the machined aluminum reversed taper crank, tool-less easy right-to-left conversion and a time honored drag system taken from the indestructible CLA and remodeled with some high grade component upgrades.
Animas Specifications
Model
Diameter
Width
Weight
Rod
wt
Line
3/4
3.125"
0.97"
4.3
oz
3/4
WF3+75yds/20#
4/5
3.25"
0.97"
4.5
oz
4/5
WF4+100yds/20#
5/6
3.50"
1.01"
4.9
oz
5/6
WF5+150yds/20#
7/8
3.875"
1.09"
7.0
oz
7/8
WF8+200yds/20#
9/10
4.25"
1.17"
8.5
oz
9/10
WF9+250yds/30#
10/12
4.625"
1.19"
9.5
oz
10/12
WF12+275yds/30#
Ross Cimarron II
The Cimarron II replaces the aging CLA (Cimarron Large Arbor). The Cimarron II models the drag system from it's predecessor but sees some upgrades including some new composite and stainless steel materials resulting in a much more powerful drag pressure while maintaining smooth startup inertia. In keeping with the CLA tradition the new Cimarron II offers high performance large arbor disc drag design in a lightweight economical USA built fly reel.
Cimarron Specifications
Model
Diameter
Width
Weight
Rod
wt
Line
3/4
3.125"
0.97"
4.77
oz
3/4
WF3+75yds/20#
4/5
3.25"
0.97"
4.85
oz
4/5
WF4+100yds/20#
5/6
3.50"
1.01"
5.11
oz
5/6
WF5+150yds/20#
7/8
3.875"
1.09"
6.82
oz
7/8
WF8+200yds/20#
9/10
4.25"
1.17"
7.54
oz
9/10
WF9+250yds/20#
Oh and the one of the best changes that happened at Ross Reels was the return of the double R logo! Sometimes you have to take a step back to see the correct path forward!
