Waterworks Lamson Liquid Fly Fishing Reel - Liquid courage. Let's face it, die-cast reels are intended to be low-cost alternatives to machined reels, right? Imported. Heavier. Easier to damage. Plain Jane. Well . . . not anymore. When creating the Liquid Fly Fishing Reel, 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. Waterworks Lamson pushed back on other boundaries as well. How much of a reel at this cost can be made 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 our highest-priced reels. No other reel can boast this much US content and quality oversight. Format: Large Arbor Materials: Pressure Cast Aluminum Frame and Spool Finish: Polyurethane Case and Spool Drag: Sealed Conical Drag 50% US Manufactured, 100% Idaho Built