Description
Light-year. The distance travelled by light in a single year; the time it takes for design to evolve to a next step.
What can be said about larger but lighter, lighter but stronger? Of course it can be done. Waterworks Lamson has done it over and over again, but does there come a time when the bar cannot be raised?
No, there are always improvements to be made, new ways of thinking, new materials, and processes to exploit; as can be seen in the Waterworks Lamson Litespeed Whiskey Fly Reel. As Waterworks Lamson has said – the performance benchmark for a fly reel is retrieve rate per ounce. If you have not thought about it before, think about it now: there is no downside to high retrieve rate other than extra weight.
As an example, consider the 2021 Gen 6 Litespeed: CNC machined with material distributed artfully along critical load paths, stable and strong, so light you might forget it is there, but beautiful enough to make you remember it is.
The art of the fly reel, like in the Waterworks Lamson Litespeed Whiskey Fly Reel, derives from the science of the fly reel, but at the end of the day both art and science, when held in balance, serve to make us smile.
LSF – The LSF is the freshwater version of the new Litespeed. The chassis is based on the conical system found in the other Waterworks Lamson reels with the addition of a click stop drag knob and a unique spring set that creates a linear progression of torque with very fine resolution at the light end of its range. LSF spool and frame architecture is super-arbour in scale for high retrieve, but spare and open to promote line drying and, of course, reduce weight.
Features
- Arbour diameters/ratios follow Force SL
- Highest retrieve rate of any WWL reel
- Larger in diameter and lighter than Speedster S
- Revamped and improved conical drag system
- Indexing drag knob with click settings
- Linear progression drag springs – predictable drag tension
- Improved dynamic seals – possible IPX rating (with spool on)
| Item | Diameter | Width | Weight | Line class | Line capacity |
| Litespeed F-Series-3+ | 89 mm | 23 mm | 88 gr | WF 2-4 | WF4 75 yds/68 meters 20 lb |
| Litespeed F-Series-5+ | 95 mm | 25 mm | 102 gr | WF 4-6 | WF6 125 yds/112 meters 20 lb |
| Litespeed F-Series-7+ | 102 mm | 25 mm | 128 gr | WF 6-8 | WF8 180 yds/162 meters 20 lb |
