Most die-cast reels are intended to be low-cost alternatives to machined reels – imported, heavier, easier to damage. Well,Waterworks-Lamson focused purely on the virtues and advantages a pressure-cast process can offer. Structurally, you can do things with casting that you can’t machine: Full-radius compound curves. Near zero-radius inside corners. And for a precision fit and finish, they even go back and machine the cast part in critical areas—amplifying the best aspects of both worlds. They pushed back on other boundaries as well. How much of a reel at this cost can we make here in the US.? Quite a lot, as it turns out. It’s a good mix, too. Liquid’s high-quality castings are imported, but the components critical to the drag system are CNC-machined in the US. Liquid reels are assembled in Boise alongside their highest-priced reels. No other $100 reel can boast this much US content and quality oversight.

Details:

• Format: Large Arbor
• Materials: Pressure Cast Aluminum Frame and Spool
• Finish: Polyurethane Case and Spool
• Drag: Sealed Conical Drag
• Weight: 0.8 lbs
• Dimensions: 6 x 6 x 4 in.
• 50% US Manufactured, 100% Idaho Built