Good Baitrunners

[Sven1883]

Now then I'm pretty new to Carping and recently bought some baitrunners Leeda Freespin 2XL cheap ones for about £20 and quite frankly they are crap.

 

The anti-reverse has gone on one and the bait runner drag has gone on the other.

 

Since trying to find a replacement for them I have been faced with reels in nearing a £100 and was only looking to spend about £50.

 

Any recomendations would be greatly appreciated.

 

Sven

[Guest allibee]

Secondhand Shimanos ...

 

There have been a few threads recently on this subject, but bearing in mind Shimano are the best, you really would be wise to get on a pair

The 5000RE's retail for just over £50, but if you can lay your hands on some s/h 8000gte's you'll be glad you did

 

Like you say, you pay for what you get.

[argyll]

Secondhand Shimanos as the man says or new Okumas. Daiwas are pretty reliable too. I use ABUs There's a guy on Ebay who sells Okuma 5000 baitrunners for 40 quid each. Go to ebay and type in 'Okuma' hes somewhere down on the South Coast (Hastings I think)

[Russell Fitzpatrick]

them abu's anygood then argyll,i was looking at getting one,most abu reels are well made.

[Blank]

i hav a pair of abu's

freeliner 4000somthin

 

good reels no trouble at all handy money too

 

however after replacing them with shimano 800GTE's

 

you can tell the quality of good reels

 

Personally i'd go for some shimano's

 

Last a lifetime and with 6 month gurantee,

If you want new, go for the cheapest at around £70

 

But in magazines such as carp talk there is a two page spread of second hand gear, get yourself a copy and have a look!

 

Go for quality, even if it means more expensive, as in the long run it will work out better

(good piece of advice for any fishing tackle)

 

hope this helps

[Russell Fitzpatrick]

cheers for the info mate,i do have a shimanoRE6000 baitrunner,brilliant reel but i cant afford another one at the mo,too many other bits and rods!to buy!

[RUDD]

I use a shimano gte6000 and a shimano 4500 baitrunner.

If you shop about you can get the older shimano models at cheap prices.

 

'Baitrunner' is a registered shimano trademark.

They invented the baitrunner, all the others copied but none are as good or as reliable.

 

Look in the angling rags classified section, ebay, your local free ads and places like cash converters.

(I know one lucky bloke who picked up a pair of sparkling shimano 8000gtes for 40.00 at cash convertors, the lad should have priced them at 40.00 each but had made an error!!!!!!!!!!!)

[Guest allibee]

argyll:

Secondhand Shimanos as the man says

Man ???

[col]

try the okuma undertakers or interceptors both are good reels i used to use the interceptors before i got my shimanos

[Dick Dastardly]

The older 6010 models can be got second hand at under £50.Thanks to modern day trends some are hardley used!