If you just want to buy a reel off the shelf, the most cost-effective, well-made, milled from solid bar stock aluminum reel is the Redington Rise and Drift series reel. The Rise has a great easy to adjust star drag system. The Drift is a click paw better applied to the mountain small stream trout.
Diameter 3.07"; Line #5; Weight: 3.9 OZ.; Yards/LB.: 100/20
