{"id":1583,"date":"2013-07-23T19:33:39","date_gmt":"2013-07-23T19:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fly-fishing-tackle.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1583"},"modified":"2026-07-23T20:11:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T20:11:47","slug":"loop-opti-dryfly-reel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/favourite-tackle.co.uk\/?p=1583","title":{"rendered":"Loop Opti Dryfly Reel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/favourite-tackle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/loop_opti_reel_black.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"322\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/favourite-tackle.co.uk\/?attachment_id=322\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/favourite-tackle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/loop_opti_reel_black.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"433,288\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"loop_opti_reel_black\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/favourite-tackle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/loop_opti_reel_black.jpg\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-322\" src=\"https:\/\/favourite-tackle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/loop_opti_reel_black.jpg\" alt=\"loop_opti_reel_black\" width=\"234\" height=\"156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/favourite-tackle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/loop_opti_reel_black.jpg 433w, https:\/\/favourite-tackle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/loop_opti_reel_black-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 234px) 100vw, 234px\" \/><\/a>Back from Scotland, a good trip, spent in good company. The fishing I did, the wife, non-fisher person had priority on my time, was very good considering the weather. Had some long walks to some amazing Lochs where the trout fought like tigers, a nine-inch fish put a good bend in my <em><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Loop Cross S1 6# rod<\/span>,<\/span><\/strong><\/em> I&#8217;m glad I was using 6lb <em><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fly-fishing-tackle.co.uk\/acatalog\/maxima.html#.Ue7YyhYZe5Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Maxima<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/em>\u00a0line. The only downside of the trip was my 4# Orvis LA Battenkill reel falling out of my rucksack somewhere on a mountain track! Looking for a replacement as Orvis no longer make this reel, I have decided to get a <em><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fly-fishing-tackle.co.uk\/acatalog\/loop_opti_reels.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Loop Opti Dry Fly<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/em> to replace it, having looked at all the other reels we have, yes I will have to pay for it and no I will not claim on insurance, my fault for not securing it, if more people accepted responsibility for their own stupidity, insurance would be a lot cheaper! Wouldn&#8217;t it?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Check out the full<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fly-fishing-tackle.co.uk\/acatalog\/Loop.html\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Loop Tackle<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">,<\/span><a title=\"Maxima Fishing Line\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fly-fishing-tackle.co.uk\/acatalog\/maxima.html\"> <strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Maxima Line<\/span><\/strong><\/a> and <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong><a title=\"Orvis Fly FishingTackle\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fly-fishing-tackle.co.uk\/acatalog\/Orvis_Fishing_Tackle.html\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Orvis <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Fishing Tackle<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0ranges.<em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fly-fishing-tackle.co.uk\"><br \/><\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back from Scotland, a good trip, spent in good company. The fishing I did, the wife, non-fisher person had priority on my time, was very good considering the weather. Had some long walks to some amazing Lochs where the trout &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/favourite-tackle.co.uk\/?p=1583\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,13,6,7,8,9],"tags":[72,75,74,70,73,71],"class_list":["post-1583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fly-fishing","category-reels","category-rivers","category-salt-water","category-stillwater","category-tackle-reviews","tag-loop-cross-s1-rods","tag-loop-dry-fly-reel","tag-loop-opti-reels","tag-loop-tackle","tag-maxima-chameleon","tag-orvis-fly-reel"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2wUlz-px","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/favourite-tackle.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/favourite-tackle.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/favourite-tackle.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/favourite-tackle.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/favourite-tackle.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1583"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/favourite-tackle.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1583\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2084,"href":"https:\/\/favourite-tackle.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1583\/revisions\/2084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/favourite-tackle.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/favourite-tackle.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/favourite-tackle.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}