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Wild Fish Conservancy Spring E-News

Wild Fish Conservancy publishes a quarterly E-Newsletter – Wild Fish Runs Solitude Reels supports the Wild Fish Conservancy.  Learn more about the Wild Fish Conservancy, and we know you will want to support them too!  Click here to subscribe to the Wild Fish Conservancy electronic newsletter.  Wild Fish Runs is a quarterly email newsletter that focuses on Wild Fish Conservancy activities and initiatives, including project updates and upcoming events. A nonprofit conservation organization headquartered in Duvall Washington, Wild Fish Conservancy is dedicated to the recovery and conservation of the region’s wild-fish ecosystems. Through science, education, and advocacy, WFC promotes technically and socially responsible habitat,hatchery and harvest management to better sustain the region’s wild-fish heritage. The organization was founded in 1989 under the name Washington Trout. In February 2007, …

Youth Fly Fishing – Tyler!

Photo Shoot for the Fly Reels

Solitude Fly Reels spend some time in the studio for a photo shoot!  All materials used in our reel are corrosive resistant materials.  The retrieve on all of our fly reels is easily reversible.  The drag is a sealed disc drag system utilizing composite cork on Teflon in the SR2 and SR3sizes and composite cork on aluminum in the SR4 and SR5 sizes.  These materials provide both durability and ultra smoothness to the drag.  A custom spring design allows for superior range to the drag giving the angler who targets large fish with light tippets a multitude of micro adjustments to drag tension to land their fish. We utilize a stainless one-directional Clutch Bearing which is pressed fit into a fully machined and anodized aluminum clutch housing …

Made in USA Reels

Made in USA Reels – Highest Quality Time magazine along with other mainstream press have been chatting lately about the made in USA comeback.  We here at Solitude Reels have also been receiving solicitation as of late to advertise in made in USA websites and blogs.  Hence, we thought it was a good time to reiterate our commitment to made in USA reels – fly fishing reels to be exact. Time magazine recent article How ‘Made in the USA’ is Making a Comeback quotes Climbing out of the recession, the U.S. has seen its manufacturing growth outpace that of other advanced nations, with some 500,000 jobs created in the past three years. It marks the first time in more than a decade that the …