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One night a week and I live in the heart of match fishing country. There's not a lot around unless you travel. Then you have to take cost into consideration and time travelling, I just want to fish in peace and quiet and be left alone. There's other places I'd rather be blanking

I’ve got the Ci4s in 5500 - absolutely stunning reels. Wouldn’t think twice about getting the 14000’s if I needed the extra distance. You won’t regret it. Make sure you play around with the washers to adjust the line lay. Mine came more front heavy. A thick and a thin washer sorted that out - nice and flat.

I have these Chill, they are very light, with a very compact body... The 14000's have a very wide spool/bale arm and will not fit comfortably in any old rod skins/bag. They are fine in the Trakker one I ended up with... Brilliant line lay imo and cast like a dream due to the spool size.... Haven't caught on these yet so can't comment on playing fish on them.....£200 is a good price, that's about £80 off the rrp ……

I realise the ultegra s are not up to the same level of the ci14 but I have ultegra xtb’s in 5500 and 14000 and cant fault them mate super smooth and a joy to use.....as you are aware my reviews Are not up to much 🤣😂 but based on my experience with the ultegra I can only inagine the ci14’d can only be better

Funnily enough chilly I'm just about to purchase a couple of Aerlex XTB''s, I did have a play around with the Ultegra''s and they felt very light and very smooth, if I had the money, Ultegras would be my choice, but budget doesn't stretch that far. I've had my mitchell's a few years now and it's time to go with something that' built to last

Done it bud. Fished it Friday great pool. Some nice carp had a couple 10 pound plus and some nice tench

So I'd spend £60 and have to make 2 journeys????? Who'd look after the one with food in while I deliver the other to my swim???

It is a really simple job to adapt your Spomb to float. Undo the holding metal pin, and push it back through the hole. I had some floating foam, which I trimmed to size, and push that onto the locking spring pin, then force the pin back through the original hole. You now have a floating spomb which won't wobble on the cast. An added benefit is you fill up the loading bay, and stop overload preventing it from shutting or opening in flight.