reels

dave goldsmith · May 20, 2008

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

Steve King · May 20, 2008

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.

Paul H · May 21, 2008

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, pikingand carp mostly.

Brilliant reels.

Mr Cholmondeley-Corker (PaSC) · May 21, 2008

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.

Paul H · May 21, 2008

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.

Lark · May 21, 2008

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.

Bryan Baron 2 · May 21, 2008

Go for shimano if you can not afford new the get second hand from ebay or the angling pages ads.

Ray Daywalker Clarke · May 21, 2008

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.

Iain Riley · May 22, 2008

all depends on what you want to spend i've got to matched Okumas that do the job great at £35 quid each but i dream of a pair of Fox stratos all you can do is talk to people and judge what you want to spend./forum/smilies/smile_smiley.gif

george novell · Sep 6, 2008

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

CatmanDan (emmo Jnr) · Sep 6, 2008

Just instead of giving you prices, I`ve had my 3x shimano 8000GTE baitrunners for 8 years now and I`ve had no problems with them at all, I would 100% recommend them to anyone.

Rickrod · Sep 6, 2008

A shimano 5000xte-a (?89.99) billy clarke fishing tackle
A really good up todate bit of kit

Day Breamer · Sep 6, 2008

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 soif for some reason the Shimanos are not quite what you want then theres bound to be something thats right up your street.

Iuse 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.

chris renwick · Sep 6, 2008

fox startos for me mate £50.00 well worth the money

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