The "Dreaded" new reels question.......on a budget

[Carpbell3]

3 minutes ago, yonny said:

Do you mean the Emcast? The Emblem is £160+.

Ops, yeah the emcast, the blackwidow looks the same reel at 45 pound, I love my emcasts casting with them is a pleasure 

[bluelabel]

For the 6 footer's I'd suggest a pair of 4000 size Shimmy baitrunners, cracking little reels, I used a pair of Aero 4000 x  on My 9' Dwarfs great little reels, not cheap but my lass bought me mine for Chrimbo years back, I think a Stock 4000 will be a lot cheaper

[salokcinnodrog]

1 hour ago, bluelabel said:

For the 6 footer's I'd suggest a pair of 4000 size Shimmy baitrunners, cracking little reels, I used a pair of Aero 4000 x  on My 9' Dwarfs great little reels, not cheap but my lass bought me mine for Chrimbo years back, I think a Stock 4000 will be a lot cheaper

I use a 4000 Baitrunner for chub and roach, usually ledgering with 8-10lb line where barbel have been seen, or with braid on the reservoir.

I was using the same reel for carp fishing for small fish as well, nice to play them on that rather than an 'oversized' big pit reel.

They do go nicely on a 12feet ledger or specialist rod.

[Higham1987]

5 hours ago, yonny said:

Mate.... Nash haven't released anything of good quality in 15 years +.... imo.

At the price point you're looking at I'd be going with Okuma.

Looked at a few Okumas, looking 1 of the better options so far.

5 hours ago, Carpbell3 said:

The daiwa emblem 25a is a solid reel for 60 quid, can't fault them nice mini big bit you can even set them up to be the QT front drag version 

 

5 hours ago, yonny said:

Do you mean the Emcast? The Emblem is £160+.

Balck widow & Emcast 25A are both £60 at moment....not bad shouts them 👍👍

[jules007]

Im back at this search for a couple of reels, seems every time i find a reel that may be right, its out of stock, i am only looking at new as my very old DAM quick 850`s are looking right scruffy.....but they still work even though getting badly corroded now, doing great for 18 years old, i do wonder if shimano reels would still be going strong at this age and never been opened up to service

[elmoputney]

14 minutes ago, jules007 said:

Im back at this search for a couple of reels, seems every time i find a reel that may be right, its out of stock, i am only looking at new as my very old DAM quick 850`s are looking right scruffy.....but they still work even though getting badly corroded now, doing great for 18 years old, i do wonder if shimano reels would still be going strong at this age and never been opened up to service

Probably not nowadays,Cheap shimanos are pony, get some okuma Inc solid dependable and have a 5yr warranty. 

[jules007]

Found a DAM quick black 4 8000  at a very good price £36 very tempting to stick with this brand as they have been good

[bluelabel]

My Shimmy 5000RE are still rattling along nearly 30 years on... but then early shimmy's are great reels

[jules007]

I finally made the decision DAM have been very good for me, so gone for these 8000 pit reels, TBH they should see my carp fishing days out

https://www.gerrysfishing.com/product/quick-darkside-4-8000s-carp-reel/

[framey]

7 hours ago, jules007 said:

I finally made the decision DAM have been very good for me, so gone for these 8000 pit reels, TBH they should see my carp fishing days out

https://www.gerrysfishing.com/product/quick-darkside-4-8000s-carp-reel/

Had loads of DAM gear over the years and none of it has really ever been tat.

 

[jules007]

24 minutes ago, framey said:

Had loads of DAM gear over the years and none of it has really ever been tat.

 

Cheers framey, i have found it to be decent kit at sensible money, in some ways i dont want to retire my old 850`s got a fair bit of history in those reels, so it only seems right to at least stick with same brand