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In about 2000 I was lucky enough to stumble onto BFR75 Modular reels and have been using them ever since. BFR stands for "British Fly Reels" but sice about 2004 these reels have been made in China. Progressivly over time I have added to my collection of these reels and I now have 9 separate reels in service. Each reel came with three modular spools and on top of that I have purchased a further 20 modular spools (they were as cheap as chips). Currently I have 32 different lines loaded on these modular spools and each is interchangeable on all 9 reels giving me fantastic flexibility.

I am still using my first English manufactured reels and the spools included in that first purchase. The subsequent 7 additional reels and extra spools that I have progressively purchased over the years with the last two in 2014 (that's right these reels and spools are still available unchanged from those I purchased in 2000) have been manufactured in China but are equal in quality and of course, not just the modular spools, all components of the English and Chinese manufactured reels reels are interchangeable.

These reels have all stood up to the wear and tear of more fresh and salt water fly fishing than most reels ever have the luck to endure. I have used them in my guiding business and they have been bumped, dropped and immersed repeatedly in saltwater and fresh water and still are a pleasure to use. As the name implies ie "BFR75" are designed for lines from #7 weight down to #5 weight. I use these reels for all my fly fishing from #8 weight down to #3 weight and in every case they are more than up to the task. They are ideal for my #3 weight 11 foot river fly rods as they balance out the weight of the longer rods making fishing "French" leader or "Czech" styles much easier and at the other end of the scale they still have arbors with a large circumference to carry #8 weight lines and over a 100 meters of backing. The drags on these reels do not apply much resistance but they are more than adequate. To this day I have never encounted a fish that I have not been able to handle witha combination of the drag and a little palming of the modular spool.

Each modular spool has an indented 10mm flat spots at each of the cardinal points where, using permanent marker, I identify the line weight (eg. #6 or #3 weight etc) and line type (eg "V" for type five sink or "F" for floating etc) and manufactures (eg. "SA" for Scientific Anglers or "R" for Rio) and finally a spool number (eg. 1 through to 32 currently so that I can account for all my lines)... avoids heaps of confusion.

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