Brakewater 11/12 Reel with Rio WindCutter 9/10/11

[sght]

Has anyone used the discountinued Redington Brakewater 11/12
Reels for a spey rod. I have a Rio Windcutter 9/10/11 versi
tip line and I'm not sure it will fit. I'm looking for an inexpensive
spey reel. My spey rod is a Loomis 15 ft. traditional rod.

thanks

[doublespey]

Hi sght,

It fits with PLENTY of extra room. I set one up for a friend and was amazed at how much room for backing there was (appx 250yards of 30lb).

A fine reel.

Brian

[sght]

Yup, I got 265 yd of 50 lb gel spun on my Brakewater 11/12
with the Rio WindCutter 9/10/11 with room to spare.
thanks for the input.

[Salmon Chaser]

Can someone add to this by giving me the weight of the reel itself? Then the weight with backing, the WC 9/10/11, or whatever line you have on it?
Thanks lads.
Salmon Chaser
By the way,, if your line is a little snug,, peel off 50 yards of backing or so. The chance of a fish spooling you with over 250yds of backing is about one in a million:p

[FLGator]

I have read a lot of postive comments from some very experienced anglers on various saltwater boards regarding the performance of the breakwater reels. Not sure you could find anything better for the money!

[DoubleL]

I have the Brakewater 9/10 that carries an Airflo Delta 8/9/10 just fine. It's to the rim with 250yds of backing but as mentioned, you don't need that much. I personally love that reel and it balances my 14' 9wt perfectly and I was a little disappointed when I found out they were discontinuing the model.

Not to hijack the thread, but does anyone know why they are being discontinued?

[fredaevans]

How fast is Google? :eek: Wanted to check the 'sale price' of the Brakewater reels .. and this thread is #2 on what came up on the search!

[John Hicks]

brakewater 11/12 is 10.5 oz. Balances a sage 9141 with rio versi 9/10/11 very well.

[Richard]

I have the Brakewater 9/10 that carries an Airflo Delta 8/9/10 just fine. It's to the rim with 250yds of backing but as mentioned, you don't need that much. I personally love that reel and it balances my 14' 9wt perfectly and I was a little disappointed when I found out they were discontinuing the model.

Not to hijack the thread, but does anyone know why they are being discontinued?

Just coming with a newly designed model. I haven't fished the new model, but in scratching and sniffing it, it seems to me the Brakewater is a little better quality/built. Just an opinion . . . :thumb: