I bought this reel to combo up with my cherrywood 5-6wt rod It was a gamble not seeing it first hand but when it arrived i was very suprised it was spooled up and ready to fish although the linw weight was not what i wanted it was 7wt which was fine i have a 7wt that i was gonna respool so i used this on that . Once i spooled it with 5wt i was set to fish. This reel is very smooth and a great addition to my collection. Need a smart priced affordable reel try it im glad i did