I'm interested in purchising a good quality medium priced baitrunner,does anyone have any idea's on which one's ?

Personally I would stick to the best known makes (Shimano. Diawa, Fox, Okuma etc) and search the net for the best deals. There are many reviews on this website to help you decide which make & model.

What sort of fishing will you be using it for Dave?

And what is your budget maximum?

I have Shimanos, the Aero GTE 6000Bs which I use for barbelling, piking and carp mostly.

Brilliant reels.

I use the Aero GTE 6000Bs too Pikey.

I'd agree, brilliant reels, highly recommended. They can be picked up for significantly less than the £125 RRP often seen.

I got mine for £52 each from a tackle shop selling on ebay (the website is still under development).

Having said that I would go for the slighlty smaller 5000 size if I could as they would do the job equally as well.

They almost certainly would but I felt the 6000s matched my rods better plus I have a smaller Shimano Exage which I use when fishing one lighter weight rod set up.

When I ordered them I got sent a 5000 and a 6000 by accident when I'd ordered two of the 5000s. In a way I'm glad they got the order wrong because I ended up swapping the 5 for another 6 just because I'd had the chance to seat them on the rods and have a play.

Dave - If you get a chance, have a lurk around the angling mags in W H Smith's.         This month's IYCF have done a test review of 6 of the bestselling baitrunner reels.

It may give you some pointers.

Read grahams write up on the shimano mini pit reels.

£99 each from simpsons of turnford.

i love my shimano 8000s but these are the nuts, got some after trying them, best reel around by far, and will cover a host of different styles.

most places £120.

after some twenty odd years away from course fishing im thinking of having ago again after all this time the tackle i have must be well out of date could anyone recommend rods,reels,line,for general lake fishing i was told to buy a drennan avon specialist rod as this coud be used for float fishing or ledgering can any body advise

Its difficult to reccomend against Shimano as they have the history and the user base that will all shout how great they are, especially with their products now available for less than £50, its hard to argue against them.

However, that said there is a bigger choice available so if for some reason the Shimanos are not quite what you want then theres bound to be something thats right up your street.

I use Abu Cardinal freespool reels and i love them, many other manufacturers make similar things, and fit most peoples pockets and requirements.

Expect to pay from £25-100+ depending on what you want, theres something there for everyone.