Redington Tilt as trout spey reel...?

[mattsavage]

Hey, I have a spare Redington Tilt reel. I was thinking about trying out some spey technique for trout. Knowing nothing about the rigs and line setups, i was wondering if anyone thought the Tilt would work as a spey reel, being fullframe, large arbor? It says it has a capacity of 100yds/20#, I don't know if that is enough for spey, how that correlates, since i've never outfitted a reel for this technique...

What do you think? yay or nay?

 

[Pink Nighty]

At the end of the day its still a line holder. Should work fine

 

[mattsavage]

At the end of the day its still a line holder. Should work fine

Thats what i figured... I think capacity was my biggest concern. It'll hold line for sure, but will it hold enough? I wasn't sure if it would suffice, since i don't really know what the the formula/materials for building the rig are.

 

[Divad]

Yay! Good reel to start with too be it full frame. I’d start with a Skagit or scandi head and basic mono rig (90ft of Amnesia 30lb is my goto). If you go Skagit you’ll want a polyleader, I use predominantly a sink 3 w/ my floating head.

The Tilt will hold enough, especially mono, mono takes up less space than a coated fly line and the Tilt is a mid arbor if I remember. More than enough space in it.

 

[SurfnFish]

capacity less important than reel weight to counter balance rod length.

 

[mattsavage]

Yay! Good reel to start with too be it full frame. I’d start with a Skagit or scandi head and basic mono rig (90ft of Amnesia 30lb is my goto). If you go Skagit you’ll want a polyleader, I use predominantly a sink 3 w/ my floating head.

The Tilt will hold enough, especially mono, mono takes up less space than a coated fly line and the Tilt is a mid arbor if I remember. More than enough space in it.

Awesome, thanks for the info. Thats what i was after. I have plenty of backing and mono around from my euro setups. time to hit the youtubes to understand all this skagit/scandi business...

 

[mattsavage]

capacity less important than reel weight to counter balance rod length.

well the Tilt has weights you can add to it. on my 11' 3wt euro rod, I have one of the three 1oz weights on it. When i find a cheap spey/switch rod, i guess i'll just compare weights to my euro rod?

 

[SurfnFish]

well the Tilt has weights you can add to it. on my 11' 3wt euro rod, I have one of the three 1oz weights on it. When i find a cheap spey/switch rod, i guess i'll just compare weights to my euro rod?

isn't SH, switch or spey all the same....forefinger placed where it would normally be positioned when casting for a weight/balance scale.