Moonshine Rod Co. The Creede Fly Fishing Reel, Fully Machined 6061 Forged Aluminum, Large Arbor, Fully Sealed Carbon Fiber Disc Drag

Moonshine is amazing. Meets the requirements and performance needs for a great day fishing. Smooth action feels and durability. Has an eye catching style. My number one reel.

It ios a $5500 piece of junk! The spool capacity is not large 3enough to accomodate a six weight fly line, never mind room for some backing. A waste of money.

Looks great. Butt the functionality SUCKS the retrieve is stiff and not at all smooth by any means the drag is adjustment is sloppy and hangs up. The design of the internal working parts is very similar to the cheep no name brand reels and the plastic handle come on now it’s 300 bucks. I’m not a pro by any means. I do however own several high dollar reels not going to mention any brands and some cheap stuff and I would put this in the bottom end of the cheep stuff as far as the function goes..Now as far as the look it is a Beautiful real.I got this to match a Moonshine rod. Love the rod aesthetically they’re a perfect match. Functionality the rod is perfect but the real sucks.I apologize for the brutal review moonshine but its an honest one.

I’d been looking at this reel on Moonshines Website and was surprised to find it on Amazon. Ordered it and received 2 days later. Right out of the box I was impressed by the feel and quality of this reel. Took it to my local fly shop to get backing and line put on it and the shop said it was the first one they had seen but were impressed by the price and quality as well. Have fished several times with it and am very satisfied with this purchase. You never know when you buy sight unseen but it all work out well this time.

When I first saw this reel I thought it seemed pretty simple for such an expensive reel. It didn't take long to realize just how finely crafted this reel is. The machining is so refined and the tolerances are tight - it is just a very nicely made reel.One nice thing about the reel is the removable (meaning interchangeable) spool. Unlike some reels, the knob that attaches the spool to the reel does not come loose - it's part of the spool assembly. Having lost a knob midstream while trying to switch from a floating line to a sink-tip line, this is a great feature!It is really lightweight, and I like the added color scheme with the extra copper color. It just looks nice. The reel also comes with a nice neoprene pouch to protect it from any damage in transit.A word of caution. If you intend to switch over from right-hand retrieve to left, take a look at the short video instructions on the Moonshine website. The video made it a lot clearer how to do it than the paper instructions included with the reel. The paper instructions don't mention the little part and screw that fell out and took me ten minutes to figure out what they were and how to replace them. The video shows you how.One thing to be aware of, the Amazon page mentions a lifetime warranty. Actually, the reel is warrantied for one year, after which you can have it repaired or replace for a $65 fee (current price). In the long run that may work out better, but it pays to know this up front.I'm impressed with the quality of this reel, and I plan on taking a look at a matching Moonshine Rod to go along with this reel in the near future.